Three decades of seismic activity at Mt. Vesuvius: 1972-2000

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-144

  De Natale, Giuseppe ^a   Kuznetzov, Igor ^b,d   Kronrod, Tatiana ^b,d   Peresan, Antonella ^c   Saraò, Angela ^c   Troise, Claudia ^a   Panza, Giuliano F ^c,d  

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

B values; Earthquake catalogue; Earthquake source mechanism; Microearthquakes; Seismicity; Vesuvius

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; SEISMICITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE;

CAMPANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPOLI; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VESUVIUS;

EID: 0346334749     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-003-2430-0     Document Type: Article

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