Fault plane orientations of microearthquakes at Mt. Etna from the inversion of P-wave rise times

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 189, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 247-256

  de Lorenzo, Salvatore ^a   Giampiccolo, Elisabetta ^b   Martinez Arevalo, Carmen ^c   Patanè, Domenico ^b   Romeo, Annalisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

circular crack model; directivity; nonlinear inversion; rise time

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR CRACKS; CONSTANT VELOCITIES; DATA SETS; DIRECTIVITY; FAULT PLANE SOLUTIONS; FAULT PLANES; FOCAL MECHANISM; HIGH QUALITY; INTRINSIC QUALITY FACTORS; MICRO-EARTHQUAKES; MT. ETNA; NON LINEAR INVERSION; P WAVES; RISETIMES; SOURCE EFFECTS; SOURCE MODELS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SOURCE SIZES; SURFACE FAULTS; TECTONIC EARTHQUAKES; VOLCANIC AREAS; VOLCANIC RISK;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES; WAVEGUIDE CIRCULATORS;

CRACKS;

CALIBRATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DATA SET; DIP; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PLANE; FOCAL MECHANISM; MICROEARTHQUAKE; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; Q FACTOR; RUPTURE; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 73649089242     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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