A non-extensive approach in investigating the seismicity of L'Aquila area (central Italy), struck by the 6 April 2009 earthquake (ML = 5.8)

Terra Nova

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-93

  Telesca, Luciano ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; SEISMICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ABRUZZI; ITALY; L'AQUILA;

AQUILA;

EID: 77951759959     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00920.x     Document Type: Article

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