Estimation of an optimum velocity model in the Calabro-Peloritan mountains - Assessment of the variance of model parameters and variability of earthquake locations

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1151-1164

  Langer, H ^a   Raffaele, R ^b   Scaltrito, A ^a   Scarfi, L ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquake location; Inverse problem; Seismic velocities; Seismology; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; MODELING; MOHO; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CALABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548126070     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03459.x     Document Type: Article

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