Far-field gravity and tilt signals by large earthquakes: Real or instrumental effects?

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 161, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1379-1397

  Berrino, Giovanna ^a   Riccardi, Umberto ^b,c  

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c FSE ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Gravimeters; Seismic free oscillation; Tiltmeters

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; INSTRUMENTATION; OSCILLATION; TILT;

EID: 3142636636     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-004-2510-9     Document Type: Article

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