Complete seismic release of tectonic strain and earthquake recurrence in the Apennines (Italy)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1155-1162

  D'Agostino, N ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apennines; crustal deformation; GPS; seismicity

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ESTIMATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; TECTONICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

APENNINES; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; GLOBAL POSITIONING; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; SEISMICITY;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOACCUMULATION; GPS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 84894585000     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059230     Document Type: Article

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