Evidences for strong directional resonances in intensely deformed zones of the Pernicana fault, Mount Etna, Italy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Di Giulio, G ^a   Cara, F ^a   Rovelli, A ^a   Lombardo, G ^b   Rigano, R ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; GROUND MOTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROEARTHQUAKE; MICROTREMOR; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; POLARIZATION; VIBRATION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 72049107791     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006393     Document Type: Article

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