First observations of non-volcanic, long-period seismicity in the central Apennines, Italy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Piccinni, Davide ^a   Saccorotti, Gilberto ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLCANOES;

CORRELATION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; MANTLE SOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMICITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STACKING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CENTRAL APENNINES;

EID: 50849137193     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034120     Document Type: Article

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