Strain rate relaxation of normal and thrust faults in italy

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 815-820

  Riguzzi, Federica ^a   Crespi, Mattia ^b   Devoti, Roberto ^a   Doglioni, Carlo ^b   Pietrantonio, Grazia ^a   Pisani, Anna Rita ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Seismic cycle; Seismicity and tectonics; Transient deformation

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC TIME; EPICENTRAL AREA; HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES; NON LINEAR INVERSION; RECURRENCE TIME; SEISMIC CYCLE; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS; TRANSIENT DEFORMATION;

SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN RATE;

FAULTING;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; GPS; NORMAL FAULT; RUPTURE; SEISMICITY; STRAIN RATE; TECTONICS; THRUST FAULT;

ITALY;

EID: 84885725199     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt304     Document Type: Article

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