Seismicity and stress field in the Sannio-Matese area

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2006, Pages 347-356

  Milano, Girolamo ^a   Di Giovambattista, Rita ^b   Ventura, Guido ^a  

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD;

APENNINES; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MATESE MOUNTAINS; SANNIO MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749663415     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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