Recent seismicity of Italy: Active tectonics of the central Mediterranean region and seismicity rate changes after the Mw 6.3 L'Aquila earthquake

Tectonophysics

Volumn 638, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 82-93

  Chiarabba, Claudio ^a   De Gori, Pasquale ^a   Mele, Francesco Mariano ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquake locations; Instrumental seismicity; Seismicity rates; Seismotectonics of Italy

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DELAMINATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DEHYDRATION PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE LOCATION; INSTRUMENTAL SEISMICITY; L'AQUILA EARTHQUAKES; PRESSURE VARIATIONS; SEISMOTECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFRICAN PLATE; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DELAMINATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EURASIAN PLATE; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRESS FIELD;

APENNINES; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

AQUILA;

EID: 84961290059     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.10.016     Document Type: Article

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