Mantle dynamics in the Mediterranean

C Faccenna, TW Becker, L Auer, A Billi… - Reviews of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The Mediterranean offers a unique opportunity to study the driving forces of tectonic
deformation within a complex mobile belt. Lithospheric dynamics are affected by slab …

The Database of Individual Seismogenic Sources (DISS), version 3: summarizing 20 years of research on Italy's earthquake geology

R Basili, G Valensise, P Vannoli, P Burrato, U Fracassi… - Tectonophysics, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper describes the main characteristics, the evolution, and the structure of the
Database of Individual Seismogenic Sources (DISS) and particularly of its release of early …

Quaternary evolution of the Corinth Rift and its implications for the Late Cenozoic evolution of the Aegean

R Armijo, B Meyer, GCP King, A Rigo… - Geophysical Journal …, 1996 - academic.oup.com
We present geological and morphological observations at different scales to constrain rates
of faulting and the distribution of deformation in the seismically active Aegean region. We …

Quaternary uplift of southern Italy

R Westaway - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Dramatic coastline changes demonstrate rapid Quaternary uplift of Calabria in southern
Italy. Because most of the west (Tyrrhenian Sea) coast is normal fault bounded, previous …

[KNYGA][B] Earthquake engineering handbook

C Scawthorn, WF Chen - 2002 - taylorfrancis.com
Earthquakes are nearly unique among natural phenomena-they affect virtually everything
within a region, from massive buildings and bridges, down to the furnishings within a home …

A seismic source zone model for the seismic hazard assessment of the Italian territory

C Meletti, F Galadini, G Valensise, M Stucchi, R Basili… - Tectonophysics, 2008 - Elsevier
We designed a new seismic source model for Italy to be used as an input for country-wide
probabilistic seismic hazard assessment (PSHA) in the frame of the compilation of a new …

Crustal velocity and strain-rate fields in Italy and surrounding regions: new results from the analysis of permanent and non-permanent GPS networks

E Serpelloni, M Anzidei, P Baldi… - Geophysical Journal …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
We present a new geodetic velocity solution for Italy and the surrounding areas, obtained
from an analysis of continuous and survey-mode Global Positioning System observations …

Mantle convection in the Middle East: Reconciling Afar upwelling, Arabia indentation and Aegean trench rollback

C Faccenna, TW Becker, L Jolivet, M Keskin - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract The Middle East region represents a key site within the Tethyan domain where
continental break-up, collision, backarc extension and escape tectonics are kinematically …

[PDF][PDF] CARG

CG D'ITALIA - 2009 - iris.unict.it
Il Foglio 641 “Augusta” della Carta Geologica d'Italia in scala 1: 50.000 è stato realizzato
nell'ambito del Progetto CARG (Legge 226/99) tramite Convenzione tra APAT (ora …

Historical and pre-historical tsunamis in the Mediterranean and its connected seas: Geological signatures, generation mechanisms and coastal impacts

GA Papadopoulos, E Gràcia, R Urgeles, V Sallares… - Marine Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
The origin of tsunamis in the Mediterranean region and its connected seas, including the
Marmara Sea, the Black Sea and the SW Iberian Margin in the NE Atlantic Ocean, is …