Quaternary geology of the Middle Aterno Valley, 2009 L'Aquila earthquake area (Abruzzi Apennines, Italy)

Journal of Maps

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 689-697

  Pucci, S ^a   Villani, F ^a   Civico, R ^a   Pantosti, D ^a   Del Carlo, P ^a   Smedile, A ^a   De Martini, P M ^a   Pons Branchu, E ^b   Gueli, A ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b DIF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

active tectonics; earthquake; fault; geology; LiDAR; quaternary deposit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938417847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17445647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2014.927128     Document Type: Article

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