Co-seismic displacements associated to the Molise (Southern Italy) earthquake sequence of October-November 2002 inferred from GPS measurements

Tectonophysics

Volumn 432, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 21-35

  Giuliani, R ^a   Anzidei, M ^b   Bonci, L ^c   Calcaterra, S ^c   D'Agostino, N ^b   Mattone, M ^a   Pietrantonio, G ^b   Riguzzi, F ^b,d   Selvaggi, G ^b  

^a DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento Difesa della Natura   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Co seismic displacement; Earthquakes; Elastic dislocation model; GPS; Italy; Molise; Seismic source modeling

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FOCAL MECHANISM; GPS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MOLISE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846807367     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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