Subduction beneath southern Italy close the ending: Results from seismic tomography

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-70

  Neri, G ^a   Orecchio, B ^a   Totaro, C ^a   Falcone, G ^a,b   Presti, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

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EID: 65349162351     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.80.1.63     Document Type: Article

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