Three-dimensional V(P) and V(P)/V(S) models of the upper crust in the Friuli area (northeastern Italy)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 457-478

  Gentile, G F ^a   Bressan, G ^a   Burlini, L ^b   De Franco, R ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Gravity anomalies; Seismotectonics; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ITALY;

EID: 0034108435     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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