Seismological investigations in the Gioia Tauro Basin (southern Calabria, Italy)
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This study provides new seismological information to characterize the seismically active area of the Gioia
Tauro basin (southern Calabria, Italy). Seismic activity recorded by a temporary network from 1985 to 1994 was
analyzed for focal mechanisms, stress tensor inversion, P-wave seismic attenuation and earthquake source parameters
estimation. Fault plane solutions of selected events showed a variety of different mechanisms, even if
a prevalence of normal dip-slip solutions with prevalent rupture orientations occurring along ca. NE-SW directions
was observed. Stress tensor inversion analysis disclosed a region governed mainly by a NW-SE extensional
stress regime with a nearly vertical ?1. These results are consistent with the structure movements affecting
the studied area and with geodetic data.
Furthermore, evaluation of P-waves seismic attenuation and earthquake source parameters of a subset of events
highlighted a strong heterogeneity of the crust and the presence of fault segments and/or weakened zones where
great stress accumulation or long-rupture propagation are hindered.
Tauro basin (southern Calabria, Italy). Seismic activity recorded by a temporary network from 1985 to 1994 was
analyzed for focal mechanisms, stress tensor inversion, P-wave seismic attenuation and earthquake source parameters
estimation. Fault plane solutions of selected events showed a variety of different mechanisms, even if
a prevalence of normal dip-slip solutions with prevalent rupture orientations occurring along ca. NE-SW directions
was observed. Stress tensor inversion analysis disclosed a region governed mainly by a NW-SE extensional
stress regime with a nearly vertical ?1. These results are consistent with the structure movements affecting
the studied area and with geodetic data.
Furthermore, evaluation of P-waves seismic attenuation and earthquake source parameters of a subset of events
highlighted a strong heterogeneity of the crust and the presence of fault segments and/or weakened zones where
great stress accumulation or long-rupture propagation are hindered.
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Giampiccolo E, Musumeci C, Falà F, Gresta S. Seismological investigations in the Gioia Tauro Basin (southern Calabria, Italy). Ann. Geophys. [Internet]. 2008Dec.25 [cited 2023Dec.6];51(5-6):769-9. Available from: https://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/3018
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