Possible fault plane in a seismic gap area of the southern Apennines (Italy) revealed by receiver function analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Lucente, Francesco Pio ^a   Agostinetti, Nicola Piana ^a   Moro, Marco ^a   Selvaggi, Giulio ^a   Di Bona, Massimo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC GAP; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

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

EID: 21844442883     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003187     Document Type: Article

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