Seismicity and velocity structures along the south-Alpine thrust front of the Venetian Alps (NE-Italy)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 513, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 37-48

  Anselmi, M ^a   Govoni, A ^a,b   De Gori, P ^a   Chiarabba, C ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cansiglio plateau; Fluid induced earthquakes; Montello thrust; Seismic tomography; Venetian Alps

Indexed keywords

BURIED STRUCTURE; CANSIGLIO PLATEAU; CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS; DEEP FAULT; FLUID PRESSURES; FLUID-FILLED; FOCAL MECHANISM; GAIN INSIGHT; GEODETIC OBSERVATION; HIGH POTENTIAL; HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES; MICROSEISMICITY; MONTELLO THRUST; PALEOGEOGRAPHIC SETTING; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC NETWORKS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC SETTINGS; THICK PILES; THRUST SYSTEMS; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; UPPER CRUST; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VENETIAN ALPS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EARTHQUAKES; FLUIDS; PILES; TECTONICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FLUID PRESSURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 82755173962     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.09.023     Document Type: Article

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