Structure and properties of the Adriatic crust in the central-eastern Southern Alps (Italy) from local earthquake tomography

Terra Nova

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 504-512

  Viganò, Alfio ^a   Scafidi, Davide ^b   Martin, Silvana ^c   Spallarossa, Daniele ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; LITHOLOGY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ADRIATIC SEA; ALPS; GIUDICARIE FAULT ZONE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84886749057     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ter.12067     Document Type: Article

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