The May 20 (MW 6.1) and 29 (MW 6.0), 2012, Emilia (Po Plain, northern Italy) earthquakes: New seismotectonic implications from subsurface geology and high-quality hypocenter location

Tectonophysics

Volumn 655, Issue , 2015, Pages 107-123

  Carannante, Simona ^a   Argnani, Andrea ^b   Massa, Marco ^a   D'Alema, Ezio ^a   Lovati, Sara ^a   Moretti, Milena ^a   Cattaneo, Marco ^a   Augliera, Paolo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Double difference locations; May 2012 Emilia earthquakes; Reactivated extensional faults; Relocated hypocenters; Velocity model

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; GEOLOGY; LOCATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

DOUBLE DIFFERENCES; EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; HYPOCENTER LOCATION; LATERAL VARIATIONS; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; RELOCATED HYPOCENTERS; SUBSURFACE GEOLOGY; VELOCITY MODEL;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; FERRARA; ITALY; PO PLAIN;

EMILIA;

EID: 84938739985     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2015.05.015     Document Type: Article

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