The 2009 L'Aquila earthquake (central Italy): A source mechanism and implications for seismic hazard

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Walters, R J ^a   Elliott, J R ^a   D'Agostino, N ^b   England, P C ^a   Hunstad, I ^b   Jackson, J A ^c   Parsons, B ^a   Phillips, R J ^d   Roberts Edinburgh, G ^e  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC SATELLITES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CENTRAL ITALY; NORMAL FAULTS; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SOURCE MECHANISMS; SOURCE MODELS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS; STRESS CHANGES;

EARTHQUAKES;

BODY WAVE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMOLOGY; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRESS ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AQUILA;

EID: 71949128710     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039337     Document Type: Article

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