The Seismotectonics of the Po Plain (Northern Italy): Tectonic Diversity in a Blind Faulting Domain

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1105-1142

  Vannoli, Paola ^a   Burrato, Pierfrancesco ^a   Valensise, Gianluca ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Blind faulting; Inherited faults; Po Plain; Seismic hazard; Seismogenic source

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ACTIVE TECTONICS; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; PLEISTOCENE SEDIMENTS; PO PLAIN; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMOGENIC SOURCE;

FAULTING;

ACTIVE FAULT; FAULTING; FOREARC BASIN; FORELAND BASIN; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOTECTONICS; TECTONIC SETTING;

APENNINES; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; FERRARA; ITALY; NEW ZEALAND; PO PLAIN; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; VENETO; VERONA;

EMILIA;

EID: 84926210082     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-014-0873-0     Document Type: Article

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