Orogen-scale uplift in the central Italian Apennines drives episodic behaviour of earthquake faults

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Cowie, P A ^a   Phillips, R J ^b   Roberts, G P ^c   McCaffrey, K ^d   Zijerveld, L J J ^a   Gregory, L C ^b   Faure Walker, J ^e   Wedmore, L N J ^b,e   Dunai, T J ^f,g   Binnie, S A ^f   Freeman, S P H T ^h   Wilcken, K ^h,i   Shanks, R P ^h   Huismans, R S ^a   Papanikolaou, I ^j   Michetti, A M ^k   Wilkinson, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^j AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^k UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

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EID: 85015940522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep44858     Document Type: Article

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