Vertical and horizontal crustal movements in Central and Northern Italy

Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 667-685

  Baldi, P ^a   Casula, G ^b   Cenni, N ^a   Loddo, F ^b   Pesci, A ^b   Bacchetti, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central and northern apennines; Gps network; Velocity field

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755174085     PISSN: 00066729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4430/bgta0021     Document Type: Article

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