Fluid pressure, stress field and propagation style of coalescing thrusts from the analysis of the 20 May 2012 ML 5.9 Emilia earthquake (Northern Apennines, Italy)

Terra Nova

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-78

  Ventura, Guido ^a   Di Giovambattista, Rita ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FLUID PRESSURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; RUPTURE; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD; THRUST;

APENNINES; ITALY; PO PLAIN;

EMILIA;

EID: 84872487657     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ter.12007     Document Type: Article

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