Active tectonics in Central Italy: Constraints from surface wave tomography and source moment tensor inversion

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 241-262

  Chimera, G ^a   Aoudia, A ^a,b   Sarao A ^a   Panza, G F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; Central Italy; Crust; Lithosphere; Source moment tensor; Surface wave tomography; Umbria Marche

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOMENT TENSOR; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ITALY; MARCHE; UMBRIA;

EID: 0141439913     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(03)00152-3     Document Type: Article

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