Morphotectonic analysis of the long-term surface expression of the 2009L'Aquila earthquake fault (Central Italy) using airborne LiDAR data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 644, Issue , 2015, Pages 108-121

  Civico, Riccardo ^a   Pucci, Stefano ^a   De Martini, Paolo Marco ^a   Pantosti, Daniela ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

2009L'Aquila earthquake; Active normal faulting; Airborne LiDAR; Tectonic geomorphology

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; OPTICAL RADAR; TOPOGRAPHY;

AIRBORNE LIDAR; CONTROLLED MORPHOLOGY; COSEISMIC SURFACE RUPTURE; GEOMETRICAL ARRANGEMENTS; GEOMORPHIC EXPRESSION; NORMAL FAULTING; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; TECTONIC GEOMORPHOLOGY;

FAULTING;

ACTIVE FAULT; AIRBORNE SENSING; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LIDAR; NORMAL FAULT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ABRUZZI; ITALY; L'AQUILA; PAGANICA;

AQUILA;

EID: 84923331866     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.12.024     Document Type: Article

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