Seismic moment tensors of the April 2009, L'Aquila (Central Italy), earthquake sequence

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 238-242

  Pondrelli, S ^a   Salimbeni, S ^a   Morelli, A ^a   Ekstrom G ^b   Olivieri, M ^a,c   Boschi, E ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Earthquake source observations; Europe; Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOCAL MECHANISM; FORESHOCK; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC SOURCE; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ABRUZZI; APENNINES; ITALY; L'AQUILA;

AQUILA;

EID: 73049086239     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04418.x     Document Type: Article

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