Fault and basin depocentre migration over the last 2 Ma in the L'Aquila 2009 earthquake region, central Italian Apennines

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 69-88

  Giaccio, Biagio ^a   Galli, Paolo ^a,b   Messina, Paolo ^a   Peronace, Edoardo ^a   Scardia, Giancarlo ^a   Sottili, Gianluca ^a   Sposato, Andrea ^a   Chiarini, Edi ^c   Jicha, Brian ^d   Silvestri, Stefania ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Apennines; Fault migration; Intermountain basin; L'Aquila 2009 earthquake; Quaternary sedimentary and tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

APENNINES; BRAIDED RIVER; EPICENTRAL AREA; FAULT ACTIVITY; FAULT MIGRATION; FAULT SYSTEM; FLUVIAL GRAVELS; INTERMOUNTAIN BASINS; LONG LASTING; NORMAL FAULTS; PEDOGENIC PROCESS; PLEISTOCENE; SILTY SANDS; STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION; TECTONIC ACTIVITY; TECTONIC CONTROL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

EARTHQUAKES; GEOMAGNETISM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULTING;

DEPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; INTERMONTANE BASIN; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

ABRUZZI; APENNINES; ITALY; L'AQUILA;

AQUILA;

EID: 84867235239     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.08.016     Document Type: Article

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