Spatial variations in the similarity of earthquake populations: The case of the 1997 Colfiorito-Sellano (northern Apennines, Italy) seismic sequence

Tectonophysics

Volumn 421, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 231-250

  Alberti, Mauro ^a  

^a Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide   (Italy)

Author keywords

1997 Colfiorito Sellano seismic sequence; Coherence; Earthquake population; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

APENNINES; COLFIORITO; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PERUGIA; SELLANO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UMBRIA;

EID: 33745898842     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.04.015     Document Type: Article

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