Deep structure of the Colli Albani volcanic district (central Italy) from receiver functions analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Bianchi, Irene ^a   Piana Agostinetti, N ^a   De Gori, P ^a   Chiarabba, C ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THINNING; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; MOHO; PHREATOMAGMATISM; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC HAZARD; VOLCANO;

ALBAN HILLS; APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 56449094735     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005548     Document Type: Article

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