Georadar and passive seismic survey in the Roman Amphitheatre of Catania (Sicily)

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-366

  Castellaro, S ^a   Imposa, S ^b,c   Barone, F ^b   Chiavetta, F ^d   Gresta, S ^b,c   Mulargia, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c CRIBeCuM   (Italy)

^d Soprintendenza BBCCAA di Catania   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catania; Ground penetrating radar; Microtremors; Passive seismic technique; Roman Amphitheatre; Seismic velocity inversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749132437     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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