Earthquakes and fault zone structure

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 343-346

  Valoroso, Luisa ^a   Chiaraluce, Lauro ^a   Collettini, Cristiano ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

COMPLEX STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE LOCATION; EARTHQUAKE MECHANICS; FAULT ARCHITECTURE; FAULT STRUCTURE; FAULT ZONE STRUCTURES; GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION; SLIPPING PLANES;

FAULTING;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT PLANE; FAULT ZONE; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMICITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 84896094861     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35071.1     Document Type: Article

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