Anomalously deep earthquakes in northwestern Italy

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 421-435

  Cattaneo, Marco ^a   Augliera, Paolo ^b   Parolai, Stefano ^a   Spallarossa, Daniele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquake location errors; Focal depth; Subcrustal seismicity; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001477972     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009899214734     Document Type: Article

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