A review of the Eastern Alps : Northern Dinarides seismotectonics

ABSTRACT

A seismotectonic model of the eastern Alps - northern Dinarides has been derived by considering all the available geological and geophysical information. The present-day seismicity, which is well documented because of the presence of a regional seismometric network, was of particular importance. The seismic area is the pre-Alpine belt which continues eastwards along the Croatian coast; it is delimited southwards by the presently active Alpine and Dinaric fronts and northwards by some significant subvertical faults. Along this belt, the most active zones are those where tectonic systems intersect