A break in self-similarity in the Lunigiana-Garfagnana region (northern Apennines)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Morasca, P ^a   Mayeda, K ^b   Gok R ^b   Malagnini, L ^c   Eva, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TECTONICS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CODA ENVELOPE MEASUREMENTS; DIRECT WAVE MEASUREMENTS; LUNIGIANA-GARFAGNANA REGION; WAVEFORM MODELING;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 30744474169     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024443     Document Type: Article

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