Fault zone weakening and character of slip along low-angle normal faults: Insights from the Zuccale fault, Elba, Italy

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1039-1051

  Collettini, C ^a   Holdsworth, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Normal faults; Northern Apennines; Rheology; Zuccale fault

Indexed keywords

FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; NORMAL FAULT; RHEOLOGY; SEISMICITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ELBA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIVORNO [TUSCANY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY; WORLD;

EID: 8744310734     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-179     Document Type: Article

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