Fault slip rate variability on 104-105yr timescales for the Salsomaggiore blind thrust fault, Northern Apennines, Italy

Tectonophysics

Volumn 608, Issue , 2013, Pages 356-365

  Gunderson, Kellen L ^a,c   Anastasio, David J ^a   Pazzaglia, Frank J ^a   Picotti, Vincenzo ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault related folding; Growth strata; Northern Apennines; Slip rate variability

Indexed keywords

FAULT-RELATED FOLDING; GROWTH STRATA; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; NORTHERN APENNINES; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SLIP RATES; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRUCTURAL MODELS;

DEFORMATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS;

FAULT SLIPS;

ANTICLINE; DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP; FOLDING; FORELAND BASIN; INVERSE ANALYSIS; REVERSE FAULT; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SLIP RATE; THRUST FAULT;

APENNINES; ITALY; PO BASIN;

EID: 84887822663     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.09.018     Document Type: Article

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