Evidence of large scale deformation patterns from GPS data in the Italian subduction boundary

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 311, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 230-241

  Devoti, Roberto ^a   Esposito, Alessandra ^a   Pietrantonio, Grazia ^a   Pisani, Anna Rita ^a   Riguzzi, Federica ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adria; Alps; Apennines; GPS velocity field; Plate kinematics

Indexed keywords

ADRIA; ALPS; APENNINES; GPS VELOCITY FIELD; PLATE KINEMATICS;

DEFORMATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; KINEMATICS;

VELOCITY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BELT; COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GPS; KINEMATICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBSIDENCE;

ALPS; APENNINES; EASTERN ALPS; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PO PLAIN; SICILY;

EID: 80054111690     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.09.034     Document Type: Article

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