Gravitational potential energy and active deformation in the Apennines

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 397, Issue , 2014, Pages 121-132

  D'Agostino, N ^b   England, P ^b   Hunstad, I ^a   Selvaggi, G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apennines; Gravitational potential energy; Seismic hazard; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; GRAVITATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TECTONICS;

ACTIVE DEFORMATION; APENNINES; GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY; LATERAL VARIATIONS; PER UNIT; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SIMPLE EXPRESSION; SIMPLE GEOMETRIES;

DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GPS; GRAVITY; LITHOSPHERE; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SEISMIC HAZARD; TECTONICS;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 84899963887     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.04.013     Document Type: Article

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