Surface faulting caused by the 2016 central Italy seismic sequence: Field mapping and LiDAR/UAV imaging

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 1585-1610

  Gori, Stefano ^a   Falcucci, Emanuela ^a   Galadini, Fabrizio ^a   Zimmaro, Paolo ^b   Pizzi, Alberto ^b   Kayen, Robert E ^d   Lingwall, Bret N ^e   Moro, Marco ^a   Saroli, Michele ^a   Fubelli, Giandomenico ^f   Di Domenica, Alessandra ^c   Stewart, Jonathan P ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c Università degli Studi G d'Annuzio di Chieti Pescara   (Italy)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e Department of Civil Engineering   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAPPING;

EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; EMPIRICAL MODEL; LEVELS OF DETAIL; NORMAL FAULT SYSTEM; RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; SEISMIC SEQUENCE; SURFACE FAULTING; SURFACE RUPTURES;

FAULTING;

ACTIVE FAULT; AERIAL SURVEY; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; LIDAR; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC SETTING; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

APENNINES; ITALY; MOUNT VETTORE; SIBILLINI MOUNTAINS;

EID: 85059309973     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: 19448201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/111417EQS236MR     Document Type: Article

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