Active faults and historical earthquakes in the Messina Straits area (Ionian Sea)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2311-2328

  Polonia, A ^a   Torelli, L ^b   Gasperini, L ^a   Mussoni, P ^b  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; MESSINIAN; SEISMIC HAZARD; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ITALY; STRAIT OF MESSINA;

EID: 84864267906     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-2311-2012     Document Type: Article

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