Articles | Volume 11, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-1681-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-1681-2020
Research article
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04 Sep 2020
Research article |  | 04 Sep 2020

New insights into active tectonics and seismogenic potential of the Italian Southern Alps from vertical geodetic velocities

Letizia Anderlini, Enrico Serpelloni, Cristiano Tolomei, Paolo Marco De Martini, Giuseppe Pezzo, Adriano Gualandi, and Giorgio Spada

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InSAR long-term velocities from Envisat satellites in the Venetian Southern Alps (Italy) Letizia Anderlini, Enrico Serpelloni, Cristiano Tolomei, Paolo Marco De Martini, Giuseppe Pezzo, Adriano Gualandi, and Giorgio Spada https://doi.org/10.23728/b2share.486d3b553c564cc6826e24548e85ad1d

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The Venetian Southern Alps (Italy) are located in a slowly deforming plate-boundary region where strong earthquakes occurred in the past even if seismological and geomorphological evidence is not conclusive about the specific thrust faults involved. In this study, we integrate and model different geodetic datasets of ground velocity to constrain the seismogenic potential of the studied faults, giving an example of the importance of using vertical geodetic data for seismic hazard estimates.