High precision locations of multiplets on south-eastern flank of Mt. Etna (Italy): Reconstruction of fault plane geometry

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 281-289

  Alparone, Salvatore ^a   Gambino, Salvatore ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fault plane geometry; High precision earthquake location; Mt. Etna; Seismic swarm; Waveform correlation

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PLANE; SEISMICITY; VOLCANO;

ITALY; MOUNT ETNA; SICILY;

EID: 0037800320     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(03)00048-7     Document Type: Article

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