Remarkable tilt-strain anomalies preceding two seismic events in Friuli (NE Italy): Their interpretation as precursors

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 170, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 119-129

  Dal Moro, G ^a   Zadro, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquake prediction; Precursors; Rheology; Strainmeters; Tiltmeters; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; SEISMICITY; STRAIN; TILT; VISCOSITY;

ITALY;

EID: 0033618023     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00095-3     Document Type: Article

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