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little by little to the truth.”

Jules Verne, Journey to the Centre of the Earth.

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Research Type
Type Author Year Title (link) Reference
Conference Wilkinson, M.
Roberts, G.P.
McCaffrey, K.J.W.
Cowie, P.A.
and others
2014 Slip distributions on active normal faults measured from terrestrial laser scanning and field mapping of geomorphic offsets: an example from L’Aquila, Italy. Geometry and Growth of Normal Faults Conference, Geological Society, London, June 2014.
Conference Wilkinson, M.W.
Roberts, G.
McCaffrey, K.J.
Cowie, P.A.
and others
2012 Slip distributions on active normal faults measured from Terrestrial Laser Scan (TLS) data and field mapping of geomorphic offsets: An example from L’Aquila, Italy, and implications for modeling seismic moment AGU Fall Meting, San Francisco, December 2012
Conference Wilkinson, M.W.
McCaffrey, K.J.W.
Roberts, G.P.
Cowie, P.A.
and others
2011 Postseismic Deformation of the 2009 L’Aquila Earthquake (M6.3) Surface Rupture Measured Using Repeat Terrestrial Laser Scanning Tectonic Studies Group conference, Durham, January 2011.
Conference Wilkinson, M.
McCaffrey, K.J.W.
Roberts, G.
Cowie, P.A.
and others
2010 Afterslip on the L’Aquila earthquake (M6.3) surface rupture captured in 4D using a Terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) Tectonic Studies Group Conference, Birmingham, January 2010
Conference Walters, R.J.
Gregory, L.C.
Wedmore, L.N.J.
Craig, T.J.
and others
2016 Insight on fault segmentation, linkage and hazard from the 2016 Mw6.2 Amatrice earthquake (central Italy) AGU Fall Meeting, 12-16 December 2016
Conference Gregory, L.C.
Walters, R.J.
Wedmore, L.N.J.
Craig, T.J.
and others
2017 Breaking barriers and halting rupture: the 2016 Amatrice-Visso-Castelluccio earthquake sequence, central Italy AGU Fall Meeting, 11-15 December 2017, New Orleans
Scientific Article (peer reviewed) Wilkinson, M.
Roberts, G.P.
McCaffrey, K.
Cowie, P.A.
and others
2015 Slip distributions on active normal faults measured from LiDAR and field mapping of geomorphic offsets: an example from L’Aquila, Italy, and implications for modelling seismic moment release Geomorphology, 237, 130-141 (2015).
Scientific Article (peer reviewed) Wilkinson, M.W.
McCaffrey, K.J.W.
Roberts, G.P.
Cowie, P.A.
and others
2012 Distribution and magnitude of post-seismic deformation of the 2009 L’Aquila Earthquake (M6.3) surface rupture measured Using Repeat Terrestrial Laser Scanning Geophysics Journal International, 189, 911-922 (2012).
Scientific Article (peer reviewed) Vittori, E.
Di Manna, P.
Blumetti, A.M.
Comerci, V.
and others
2011 Surface faulting of the April 6th 2009 Mw 6.3 L’Aquila earthquake in central Italy Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 101, 1507-1530 (2011).
Scientific Article (peer reviewed) Roberts, G.P.
Raithatha, B.
Sileo, G.
Pizzi, A.
and others
2010 Shallow subsurface structure of the 2009 April 6 Mw 6.3 L’Aquila earthquake surface rupture at Paganica, investigated with ground penetrating radar Geophysical Journal International, 183, 774-790 (2010).
Scientific Article (peer reviewed) Wilkinson, M.
McCaffrey, K.J.W.
Roberts, G.P.
Cowie, P.A.
and others
2010 Partitioned postseismic deformation associated with the 2009 Mw 6.3 L’Aquila earthquake surface rupture measured using a terrestrial laser scanner Geophysical Research Letters, 37, doi:10.1029/2010GL043099 (2010).