Tomographic inversion of local earthquake data from the Gioia Tauro basin (south-western Calabria, Italy)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 167-179

  Raffaele, R ^a   Langer, H ^b   Gresta, S ^a   Moia, Fabio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c ENEL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calabrian arc; Crustal structure; Earthquake location; GioiaTauro basin; Tomography

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

CALABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645093691     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02872.x     Document Type: Article

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