Evidence of active tectonics in southern Italy: The Rossano fault (Calabria)

Recent Progress on Earthquake Geology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 49-78

  Galli, P ^a   Spina, V ^b   Ilardo, I ^c   Naso, G ^a  

^a DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

1836 earthquake; Active fault; Calabria; Paleoseismology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872321741     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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