Quaternary, catastrophic rock avalanches in the Central Apennines (Italy): Relationships with inherited tectonic features, gravity-driven deformations and the geodynamic frame

Geomorphology

Volumn 211, Issue , 2014, Pages 22-42

  Bianchi Fasani, G ^a,d   Di Luzio, E ^b   Esposito, C ^a   Evans, S G ^c   Scarascia Mugnozza, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geodynamic evolution; Isostatic imbalance; Morphotectonics; Rock avalanches; Rock slope dynamics

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; GEODYNAMICS; OROGENY; QUATERNARY; ROCK AVALANCHE; SLOPE DYNAMICS; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; UPLIFT;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 84897662175     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.12.027     Document Type: Article

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