Interseismic coupling on the main Himalayan thrust

VL Stevens, JP Avouac - Geophysical Research Letters, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We determine the slip rate and pattern of interseismic coupling on the Main Himalayan
Thrust along the entire Himalayan arc based on a compilation of geodetic, interferometric …

Surface velocities and strain-rates in the Euro-Mediterranean region from massive GPS data processing

E Serpelloni, A Cavaliere, L Martelli, F Pintori… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In this work we present and discuss new geodetic velocity and strain-rate fields for the Euro-
Mediterranean region obtained from the analysis of continuous GNSS stations. We describe …

Kinematics, seismotectonics and seismic potential of the eastern sector of the European Alps from GPS and seismic deformation data

E Serpelloni, G Vannucci, L Anderlini, RA Bennett - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
We present a first synoptic view of the seismotectonics and kinematics of the eastern sector
of the European Alps using geodetic and seismological data. The study area marks the …

Insights on continental collisional processes from GPS data: Dynamics of the peri‐Adriatic belts

M Metois, N D'Agostino, A Avallone… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We present a new GPS velocity field covering the peri‐Adriatic tectonically active belts and
the entire Balkan Peninsula. From the velocities, we calculate consistent strain rate and …

Seismic behaviour of mountain belts controlled by plate convergence rate

L Dal Zilio, Y van Dinther, TV Gerya… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
The relative contribution of tectonic and kinematic processes to seismic behaviour of
mountain belts is still controversial. To understand the partitioning between these processes …

The Dinaric fault system: Large‐scale structure, rates of slip, and Plio‐Pleistocene evolution of the transpressive northeastern boundary of the Adria microplate

A Moulin, L Benedetti, M Rizza, P Jamšek Rupnik… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Located at the northeastern corner of the Adria microplate, the Alps‐Dinarides junction
represents a key region for understanding how the Adria microplate interacts with stable …

Active seismotectonic deformation in front of the Dolomites indenter, Eastern Alps

F Reiter, C Freudenthaler, H Hausmann, H Ortner… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We use earthquake focal mechanisms to study present‐day deformation and stress in the
western part of the Eastern European Alps. We define the following regions, based on …

Recent seismicity of Italy: Active tectonics of the central Mediterranean region and seismicity rate changes after the Mw 6.3 L'Aquila earthquake

C Chiarabba, P De Gori, FM Mele - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper we present a new image of the instrumental seismicity of Italy, obtained by
refining hypocentral determinations for about 100,000 earthquakes that occurred in the …

[HTML][HTML] Present-day surface deformation of the Alpine region inferred from geodetic techniques

L Sánchez, C Völksen, A Sokolov… - Earth System Science …, 2018 - essd.copernicus.org
We provide a present-day surface-kinematics model for the Alpine region and surroundings
based on a high-level data analysis of about 300 geodetic stations continuously operating …

[HTML][HTML] Regional centroid moment tensor inversion of small to moderate earthquakes in the Alps using the dense AlpArray seismic network: challenges and …

GM Petersen, S Cesca, S Heimann, P Niemz… - Solid Earth, 2021 - se.copernicus.org
The Alpine mountains in central Europe are characterized by a heterogeneous crust
accumulating different tectonic units and blocks in close proximity to sedimentary foreland …