Self-similarity and scaling relations for microearthquakes at Mt. Etna volcano (Italy)

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 165-177

  Centamore, C ^a   Montalto, A ^b   Patane G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Log energy and log moment; Microearthquakes; Mt.Etna; Wood Anderson magnitude

Indexed keywords

MICROSEISMICITY; SCALING RELATIONS; SEISMIC TREMOR; SELF SIMILARITY; VOLCANO;

ITALY, SICILY, MOUNT ETNA;

EID: 0031425314     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(97)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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