Minimum 1-D velocity model in Southeastern Sicily (Italy) from local earthquake data: An improvement in location accuracy

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 469-478

  Musumeci, Carla ^a,b   Di Grazia, Giuseppe ^b   Gresta, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypocentral location; Inversion; Local earthquakes; Southeastern Sicily; Velocity model

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FOCAL MECHANISM; MONITORING SYSTEM; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 0242282661     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOSE.0000005716.42446.da     Document Type: Article

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