Earthquakes in Switzerland and surrounding regions during 2006

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 517-528

  Baer, Manfred ^a   Deichmann, Nicolas ^a   Braunmiller, Jochen ^a   Clinton, John ^a   Husen, Stephan ^a   Fäh, Donat ^a   Giardini, Domenico ^a   Kästli, Philipp ^a   Kradolfer, Urs ^a   Wiemer, Stefan ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Focal mechanisms; Moment tensors; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; MOMENT TENSOR; SEISMOLOGY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 64049110121     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-007-1242-0     Document Type: Article

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