Source analysis of the 2002 Molise, southern Italy, twin earthquakes (10/31 and 11/01)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Vallée, Martin ^a,b   Di Luccio, Francesca ^c  

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHOCK WAVES; TECTONICS;

HYPOCENTRAL DEPTH; IMAGE SLIP ZONE; SEISMOLOGICAL DATA; SOURCE ANALYSIS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

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

EID: 25844447739     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022687     Document Type: Article

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