Ambient noise levels in north central Italy

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Marzorati, S ^a   Bindi, D ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cultural noise; Microseisms; North Italy; Probability density function; Seismic noise

Indexed keywords

EID: 46149106731     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001256     Document Type: Article

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