The new release of the Italian contemporary stress map

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1525-1531

  Montone, Paola ^a   Mariucci, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Dynamics: seismotectonics; Europe; Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969941259     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggw100     Document Type: Article

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