Active compressional tectonics, quaternary capable faults, and the seismic landscape of the po plain (northern Italy)

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 969-1001

  Michetti, Alessandro M ^a   Giardina, Francesca ^a   Livio, Franz ^a   Mueller, Karl ^b   Serva, Leonello ^c   Sileo, Giancanio ^a   Vittori, Eutizio ^c   Devoti, Roberto ^d   Riguzzi, Federica ^d   Carcano, Cipriano ^e   Rogledi, Sergio ^f   Bonadeo, Livio ^a   Brunamonte, Fabio ^a   Fioraso, Gianfranco ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^e Burren Resources Petroleum Ltd   (Turkmenistan)

^f ENI S P A   (Italy)

^g CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

2012; Active compressional tectonics; Emilia earthquake; May 20; Paleoseismology; Po plain foredeep; Seismic hazard; Seismic landscape

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT SLIP; FOREARC BASIN; HISTORICAL RECORD; LANDSCAPE; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SLIP RATE; TECTONIC SETTING;

APENNINES; ITALY; PO PLAIN;

BRESCIA; EMILIA;

EID: 84868109817     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4401/ag-5462     Document Type: Review

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