Active deformation and seismicity in the Southern Alps (Italy): The Montello hill as a case study

Tectonophysics

Volumn 653, Issue , 2015, Pages 95-108

  Danesi, Stefania ^a   Pondrelli, Silvia ^a   Salimbeni, Simone ^a   Cavaliere, Adriano ^a   Serpelloni, Enrico ^a   Danecek, Peter ^a   Lovati, Sara ^a   Massa, Marco ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continental neotectonics; Earthquake source observation; Eastern Southern Alps; Northern Italy; Satellite geodesy; Tectonic deformation

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEODETIC SATELLITES;

CONTINENTAL NEOTECTONICS; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE OBSERVATIONS; EASTERN SOUTHERN ALPS; NORTHERN ITALY; SATELLITE GEODESY; TECTONIC DEFORMATIONS;

DEFORMATION;

ANTICLINE; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GPS; NEOTECTONICS; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS;

ALPS; ITALY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE;

EID: 84929519351     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2015.03.028     Document Type: Article

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