The origin and growth of a recently-active fissure ridge travertine over a seismic fault, Tivoli, Italy

Geomorphology

Volumn 195, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-26

  De Filippis, Luigi ^a   Anzalone, Erlisiana ^b   Billi, Andrea ^c   Faccenna, Claudio ^a   Poncia, Pier Paolo ^a   Sella, Pio ^d  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Montecompatri   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Faults; Fissure ridge; Geothermal fluids; Plateau; Travertine

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISCONTINUITY; EARTHQUAKE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FAULT ZONE; FIELD SURVEY; FISSURE; FRACTURE; PLATEAU; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRAVERTINE; WELL LOGGING;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; TIVOLI;

EID: 84878538938     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.04.019     Document Type: Article

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