GPS velocity and strain fields in Sicily and southern Calabria, Italy: Updated geodetic constraints on tectonic block interaction in the central Mediterranean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Palano, M ^a   Ferranti, L ^b   Monaco, C ^c   Mattia, M ^a   Aloisi, M ^a   Bruno, V ^a   Cannav, F ^a   Siligato, G ^a,d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d Leica Geosystems AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT; GEODESY; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; KINEMATICS; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE MOTION; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN; TRANSTENSION;

ALBANIA; CALABRIA; HYBLEAN PLATEAU; IONIAN COAST; ITALY; LIPARI ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MESSINA [SICILY]; NORTH AFRICA; PALERMO [SICILY]; SICILY; STRAIT OF SICILY; STROMBOLI; USTICA;

EID: 84863443669     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009254     Document Type: Article

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