Soil gas survey for tracing seismogenic faults: A case study in the Fucino basin, Central Italy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 23781-23794

  Ciotoli, G ^a   Guerra, M ^b   Lombardi, S ^a   Vittori, E ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c Agenzia Naz Protez dell'A   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; FAULT; GAS SEEPAGE; SEISMOTECTONICS; SOIL GAS;

FUCINO BASIN; ITALY;

EID: 0032505837     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb01553     Document Type: Review

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