Time intervals to assess active and capable faults for engineering practices in Italy

Engineering Geology

Volumn 139-140, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-65

  Galadini, F ^a   Falcucci, E ^a   Galli, P ^b   Giaccio, B ^c   Gori, S ^a   Messina, P ^c   Moro, M ^a   Saroli, M ^d   Scardia, G ^c   Sposato, A ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active fault; Capable fault; Italy; Seismic risk; Surface faulting

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ACTIVE TECTONICS; APENNINES; CAPABLE FAULT; ENGINEERING PLANNING; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; FAULT ACTIVITY; FAULT KINEMATICS; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; ITALY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS; NORMAL FAULTS; PLEISTOCENE; RECURRENCE TIME; REVERSE FAULTS; RISK ESTIMATION; SCIENCE METHODS; SEISMIC RISK; SEISMOTECTONICS; TIME INTERVAL; TIME SPAN;

DEPOSITS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RISK PERCEPTION;

FAULTING;

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; KINEMATICS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NORMAL FAULT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; TECTONIC SETTING;

APENNINES; CALABRIA; ITALY;

EID: 84861008852     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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