Source parameters of microearthquakes in southeastern Sicily, Italy

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 968-983

  Tusa, Giuseppina ^a   Brancato, Alfonso ^b   Gresta, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FREQUENCY BAND; MICROEARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; MICROEARTHQUAKE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC MOMENT; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745458511     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050071     Document Type: Article

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