The Strait of Messina: Seismotectonics and the source of the 1908 earthquake
More than 100 years after the devasting Messina-Reggio Calabria earthquake (M= 7.1), the
largest seismic event ever recorded in southern Europe in the instrumental epoch, its …
largest seismic event ever recorded in southern Europe in the instrumental epoch, its …
The investigation of potential earthquake sources in peninsular Italy: a review
G Valensise, D Pantosti - Journal of Seismology, 2001 - Springer
We summarise and discuss almost a century of progress inthe understanding of the main
characteristics of large Italian earthquakes. Topics of discussion include (1) the distribution …
characteristics of large Italian earthquakes. Topics of discussion include (1) the distribution …
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 …
Italy. Because most of the west (Tyrrhenian Sea) coast is normal fault bounded, previous …
Recent and active tectonics in the Calabrian arc (Southern Italy)
Normal faulting which has developed since the Middle Pleistocene, with an overall ESE-
WNW extension, is the dominant mode of deformation which has characterized the …
WNW extension, is the dominant mode of deformation which has characterized the …
A 125 Kyr‐long geological record of seismic source repeatability: the Messina Straits (southern Italy) and the 1908 earthquake (Ms 71/2)
G Valensise, D Pantosti - Terra Nova, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
The occurrence of characteristic earthquakes along segments of major active belts has been
described as early as the beginning of the century. The large 1908, Messina Straits, blind …
described as early as the beginning of the century. The large 1908, Messina Straits, blind …
Neogene-Quaternary strike-slip tectonics in the central Calabrian Arc (southern Italy)
A Middle Miocene-Middle Pleistocene regional NW-SE left-lateral strike-slip fault system
profoundly conditioned the evolution of central Calabria, during the late tectonic phases …
profoundly conditioned the evolution of central Calabria, during the late tectonic phases …
Late Pleistocene to Holocene record of changing uplift rates in southern Calabria and northeastern Sicily (southern Italy, Central Mediterranean Sea)
F Antonioli, L Ferranti, K Lambeck, S Kershaw… - Tectonophysics, 2006 - Elsevier
A combination of published and new radiometric dates on uplifted Holocene fossil beaches
from northeastern Sicily and southern Calabria (southern Italy) is compared with the altitude …
from northeastern Sicily and southern Calabria (southern Italy) is compared with the altitude …
From collisional to rifted basins: an example from the southern Calabrian arc (Italy)
Structural interpretation of available geological and geophysical data carried out along a
regional transect extending across the southern Calabrian arc from the Tyrrhenian margins …
regional transect extending across the southern Calabrian arc from the Tyrrhenian margins …
Geochronology of Pleistocene marine terraces and regional tectonics in the Tyrrhenian coast of South Calabria, Italy
T Miyauchi, G Dai Pra, SS Labini - Alpine and Mediterranean …, 1994 - amq.aiqua.it
At least twelve orders of marine terraces (named Terrace I to XII in this paper) are identified
along the Tyrrhenian coast, from the Capo Vaticano Promontory to the Messina Strait, in …
along the Tyrrhenian coast, from the Capo Vaticano Promontory to the Messina Strait, in …
Paleoseismology along the Cittanova fault: Implications for seismotectonics and earthquake recurrence in Calabria (southern Italy)
This paper focuses on the seismogenic structure responsible for the 5 February 1783
earthquake (M> 7, Calabria, southern Italy), in particular the slip rate and recurrence time …
earthquake (M> 7, Calabria, southern Italy), in particular the slip rate and recurrence time …