Source inversion of intensity patterns of earthquakes: A destructive shock in 1936 in northeast Italy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Sirovich, Livio ^a   Pettenati, Franco ^a  

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

Author keywords

1936; Alps; Aviano Overthrust; Macroseismic intensity; Source inversion

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC SOURCE;

ALPS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 11844281477     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002919     Document Type: Article

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