Seismogenic sources in the Adriatic Domain

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2013, Pages 191-213

  Kastelic, Vanja ^a   Vannoli, Paola ^a   Burrato, Pierfrancesco ^a   Fracassi, Umberto ^a   Tiberti, Mara Monica ^a   Valensise, Gianluca ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Adriatic Sea; Apennines; External Dinarides; Seismogenic sources

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TECTONICS; ADRIATIC SEA; APENNINES; DINARIDES; EARTHQUAKE RECORDS; MAXIMUM MAGNITUDES; NORTHERN APENNINES; SCENARIO SIMULATIONS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

ACTIVE FAULT; DATA INTERPRETATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GEODYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; LOWER CRUST; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; UPPER CRUST;

ADRIATIC SEA; APENNINES; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84875223878     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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