Coseismic deformation of the destructive April 6, 2009 L'Aquila earthquake (central Italy) from GPS data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Anzidei, M ^a   Boschi, E ^a   Cannelli, V ^a   Devoti, R ^a   Esposito, A ^a   Galvani, A ^a   Melini, D ^a   Pietrantonio, G ^a   Riguzzi, F ^a   Sepe, V ^a   Serpelloni, E ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEODESY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

CENTRAL ITALY; COSEISMIC DEFORMATION; FAULT MODEL; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEODETIC DATA; GEODETIC NETWORKS; GPS DATA; GPS NETWORK; GROUND CRACKS; MAIN SHOCK; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; NON LINEAR INVERSION; SEISMOLOGICAL DATA; SOURCE GEOMETRY; SURFACE DISPLACEMENT; SURFACE RUPTURES; WIDE AREA;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GEODESY; GPS; SEISMOLOGY;

ABRUZZI; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; L'AQUILA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AQUILA;

EID: 71949104178     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039145     Document Type: Article

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