The primary role of the Paganica-San Demetrio fault system in the seismic landscape of the Middle Aterno Valley basin (Central Apennines)

Quaternary International

Volumn 288, Issue , 2013, Pages 183-194

  Blumetti, Anna Maria ^a   Guerrieri, Luca ^a   Vittori, Eutizio ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NORMAL FAULT; PLEISTOCENE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SLIP RATE; TEPHRA;

ABRUZZI; ATERNO VALLEY; ITALY; L'AQUILA; PAGANICA;

AQUILA;

EID: 84873716503     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.04.040     Document Type: Article

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