Evidence for late Alpine tectonics in the Lake Garda area (northern Italy) and seismogenic implications

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 113-130

  Scardia, Giancarlo ^a   Festa, Andrea ^b   Monegato, Giovanni ^a   Pini, Roberta ^c   Rogledi, Sergio ^d   Tremolada, Fabrizio ^e   Galadini, Fabrizio ^f  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^d ENI S P A   (Italy)

^e RPS   (United Kingdom)

^f ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; LAKES; STRATIGRAPHY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

GEOPHYSICAL DATA; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; STRIKE-SLIP MOTION; STRUCTURAL DATA; STRUCTURAL MODELING; STRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS; TECTONIC EVENTS; TRANSFER FAULTS;

FAULT SLIPS;

FAULT ZONE; INVERSION TECTONICS; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC SOURCE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRONG MOTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST FAULT;

ITALY; LAKE GARDA; NEW ZEALAND; PO PLAIN; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 84920363937     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30990.1     Document Type: Article

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