The attenuation of seismic intensity in the Etna region and comparison with other Italian volcanic districts

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 1003-1020

  Azzaro, Raffaele ^a   Barbano, M Serafina ^b   D'Amico, Salvatore ^a   Tuvè, Tiziana ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Italian volcanic areas; Macroseismic intensity; Mt. Etna

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; VOLCANO;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247514482     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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