Strain pattern of the Southern Tyrrhenian slab from moment tensors of deep earthquakes: implications on the down-dip velocity

Seismic strain is analysed along the slab face of the Southern Tyrrhenian subduction zone using focal mechanisms of deep earthquakes which occurred in the period 1960-1998. Results show that the slab is mostly affected by down-dip shortening which strongly increases below 250 km depth. Extensional s...

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Main Author: G. Selvaggi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) 2001-06-01
Series:Annals of Geophysics
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Online Access:http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/3613