Reconstruction of seismogenetic structures by multiplet analysis: An example of Western Liguria, Italy

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 971-986

  Cattaneo, Marco ^a   Augliera, Paolo ^a   Spallarossa, Daniele ^a   Eva, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIPLET ANALYSIS; SEISMIC SWARM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ITALY, LIGURIA;

EID: 0031414985     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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