Evidence for ground motion polarization on fault zones of Mount Etna volcano

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Rigano, Rosaria ^a   Cara, Fabrizio ^b   Lombardo, Giuseppe ^a   Rovelli, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; GROUND MOTION; MICROTREMOR; NORMAL FAULT; POLARIZATION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMOGRAM;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 57649181761     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005574     Document Type: Article

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