Recognizing the Italian zones most prone to next large earthquakes: Possible approaches and present chances

Annali di Geofisica

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1329-1344

  Mantovani, Enzo ^a   Albarello, Dario ^a   Tamburelli, Caterina ^a   Babbucci, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italian zone; Seismic hazard; Time dependence

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; SEISMIC RISK; STRAIN MIGRATION;

ITALY;

EID: 0031448641     PISSN: 03652556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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