Graviquakes in Italy

Tectonophysics

Volumn 656, Issue , 2015, Pages 202-214

  Petricca, P ^a   Barba, S ^b   Carminati, E ^c,d   Doglioni, C ^c,d   Riguzzi, F ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Graviquakes; Italian seismicity; Normal fault earthquakes; Seismic volume

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIPS; GEODYNAMICS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STICTION; STRAIN RATE;

BRITTLE DUCTILE TRANSITIONS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRAVIQUAKES; GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY; INTER-SEISMIC PERIODS; ITALIAN SEISMICITY; NORMAL FAULTS; SEISMIC VOLUMES;

EARTHQUAKES;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; NORMAL FAULT; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ALPINE FAULT ZONE; APENNINES; ITALY; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84938977662     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2015.07.001     Document Type: Article

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