Earthquake focal mechanisms and stress inversion in the Irpinia Region (southern Italy)

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-124

  Pasquale, Giuseppe ^a   Matteis, Raffaella ^a   Romeo, Annalisa ^b   Maresca, Rosalba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b Ctro Regionale di Competenza Analisi e Monitoraggio del Rischio Ambientale of the Campania district   (Italy)

Author keywords

Focal mechanisms; Irpinia Region; Seismicity; Stress inversion

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FOCAL MECHANISM; P-WAVE; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 58849097522     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-008-9119-x     Document Type: Article

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