Frontal compression along the Apennines thrust system: The Emilia 2012 example from seismicity to crustal structure

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 82, Issue , 2014, Pages 98-109

  Chiarabba, Claudio ^a   De Gori, Pasquale ^a   Improta, Luigi ^a   Lucente, Francesco Pio ^a   Moretti, Milena ^a   Govoni, Aladino ^a   Di Bona, Massimo ^a   Margheriti, Lucia ^a   Marchetti, Alessandro ^a   Nardi, Anna ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

2012 Emilia seismic sequence; Apennines thrust and fold belt; Italy; Vp and Vp Vs velocity structure

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COMPRESSION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

APENNINES; ITALY; PO VALLEY;

EMILIA;

EID: 84912137055     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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