Pattern of seismicity in the Lucanian Apennines and foredeep (Southern Italy) from recording by SAPTEX temporary array Export

@article{frepoli_etal:2005, abstract = {The deployment of a temporary seismic network in Southern Italy during 2001-2004 (the SAPTEX array, Southern APennine Tomography EXperiment) allowed us to relocate the hypocenters of Southern Apennines earthquakes with low uncertainty among the location parameters. The best array distribution of the SAPTEX network for the analysis of seismicity in the Lucanian Apennines and foredeep was reached in the first two years of recording. The SAPTEX data were merged with those of the Italian National Seismic Network (RSNC) operated by the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). For the hypocenters computation of events in the upper Agri Valley we also included P- and S- waves arrivals from the local Eni-Agip network. The seismicity for the Lucanian Apennines and foredeep in the analyzed period has magnitudes ranging from 2.0 to 4.1. A major finding is the identification of two different crustal domains: the westernmost characterizing the chain, mostly with shallow earthquakes (within about 20 km of depth), and the easternmost one belonging to the outer margin of the chain and to the foredeep, with deeper seismicity (mostly between 20-40 km of depth). Thirty fault-plane solutions were computed and used for stress inversion; most of them are related to earthquakes within the chain sector and indicate a generalized NE-SW extension. Moreover, the dense network allowed us to improve the location of events relative to two low magnitude sequences which occurred in the study period.}, author = {Frepoli, Alberto and Cinti, Francesca R. and Amicucci, Laura and Cimini, Giovanni B. and De Gori, Pasquale and Pierdominici, Simona}, citeulike-article-id = {6048419}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/285554809}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://hdl.handle.net/2122/1131}, journal = {Annals of Geophysics}, keywords = {apennines, italy, seismicity}, number = {6}, pages = {1035--1054}, posted-at = {2009-10-31 16:21:59}, priority = {0}, title = {Pattern of seismicity in the {Lucanian Apennines} and foredeep ({Southern Italy}) from recording by {SAPTEX} temporary array}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/2122/1131}, volume = {48}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - frepoli_etal:2005 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6048419 N2 - The deployment of a temporary seismic network in Southern Italy during 2001-2004 (the SAPTEX array, Southern APennine Tomography EXperiment) allowed us to relocate the hypocenters of Southern Apennines earthquakes with low uncertainty among the location parameters. The best array distribution of the SAPTEX network for the analysis of seismicity in the Lucanian Apennines and foredeep was reached in the first two years of recording. The SAPTEX data were merged with those of the Italian National Seismic Network (RSNC) operated by the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). For the hypocenters computation of events in the upper Agri Valley we also included P- and S- waves arrivals from the local Eni-Agip network. The seismicity for the Lucanian Apennines and foredeep in the analyzed period has magnitudes ranging from 2.0 to 4.1. A major finding is the identification of two different crustal domains: the westernmost characterizing the chain, mostly with shallow earthquakes (within about 20 km of depth), and the easternmost one belonging to the outer margin of the chain and to the foredeep, with deeper seismicity (mostly between 20-40 km of depth). Thirty fault-plane solutions were computed and used for stress inversion; most of them are related to earthquakes within the chain sector and indicate a generalized NE-SW extension. Moreover, the dense network allowed us to improve the location of events relative to two low magnitude sequences which occurred in the study period. IS - 6 JF - Annals of Geophysics EP - 1054 TI - Pattern of seismicity in the {Lucanian Apennines} and foredeep ({Southern Italy}) from recording by {SAPTEX} temporary array VL - 48 SP - 1035 KW - apennines KW - italy KW - seismicity AU - Frepoli, Alberto AU - Cinti, Francesca AU - Amicucci, Laura AU - Cimini, Giovanni AU - De Gori, Pasquale AU - Pierdominici, Simona PY - 2005/// UR - http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/285554809 ER -