Evidences of a lithospheric fault zone in the Sicily Channel continental rift (southern Italy) from instrumental seismicity data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 219-225

  Calo M ^a   Parisi, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; VOLCANOES; TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL RIFT; DOUBLE DIFFERENCES; GEOTHERMAL REGION; HYPOCENTRAL DEPTH; RE-LOCALIZATION; SEISMIC PATTERNS; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

FAULTING;

FAULT ZONE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; THRUST; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; SEISMIC MOMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

STRAIT OF SICILY;

FERDINANDEA;

EID: 84906812499     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu249     Document Type: Article

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