Clues to the identification of a seismogenic source from environmental effects: The case of the 1905 Calabria (Southern Italy) earthquake

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1787-1803

  Tertulliani, A ^a   Cucci, L ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FAULT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; KINEMATICS; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 71749087261     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-9-1787-2009     Document Type: Article

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