Modeling surface GPS velocities in the Southern and Eastern Alps by finite dislocations at crustal depths

Tectonophysics

Volumn 590, Issue , 2013, Pages 136-150

  Caporali, A ^a   Neubauer, F ^b   Ostini, L ^a   Stangl, G ^c   Zuliani, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adria indenter; Crustal deformation; Seismicity; Shear heating; Southern Eastern Alps; Tauern Window

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; INDENTERS; SEISMICITY; SHEAR HEATING; SOUTHERN EASTERN ALPS; TAUERN WINDOWS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; TECTONICS; VELOCITY;

FAULT SLIPS;

COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PLANE; GPS; INDENTATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SHEAR STRESS; SLIP RATE; TECTONIC PLATE; TRANSPRESSION; UPLIFT;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; TAUERN WINDOW;

EID: 84875380895     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.01.016     Document Type: Article

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