Three-dimensional earthquake locations and upper crustal structure of the Sannio-Matese region (southern Italy)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 385, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 121-136

  Bisio, Loredana ^a   Di Giovambattista, Rita ^a   Milano, Girolamo ^b   Chiarabba, Claudio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crustal model; Seismic tomography; Seismotectonic; Southern Apennines

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOTECTONICS; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3242715277     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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