Crustal seismic tomography in the Calabrian Arc region, south Italy

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 297-314

  Barberi, G ^a   Cosentino, M T ^b   Gervasi, A ^b   Guerra, I ^b   Neri, G ^c   Orecchio, B ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Italy; Seismic tomography; Seismicity; Tyrrhenian sea

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY;

CALABRIAN ARC; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 6444238666     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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