Coulomb stress changes caused by repeated normal faulting earthquakes during the 1997 Umbria-Marche (central Italy) seismic sequence

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Nostro, Concetta ^a   Chiaraluce, Lauro ^a   Cocco, Massimo ^a   Baumont, David ^b   Scotti, Oona ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE; NORMAL FAULT; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 22944492109     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003386     Document Type: Article

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