Medium-term precursors of strong earthquakes in southern Italy

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 49-60

  Mantovani, E ^a   Albarello, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC PLATE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; SEISMIC PRECURSOR; STRAIN; STRESS;

ITALY;

EID: 0030834591     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(96)03241-4     Document Type: Article

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