Tilt-strain measurements in the NE Italy seismic area: Precursor analysis and atmospheric noise effects

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part A: Solid Earth and Geodesy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 271-276

  Dal Moro, G ^a   Garavaglia, M ^a   Zadro, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; SEISMIC ZONE; STRAIN; TILT;

ITALY;

EID: 0034008850     PISSN: 14641895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-1895(00)00043-0     Document Type: Article

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