Long-term earthquake triggering in the Southern and Northern Apennines

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-65

  Mantovani, E ^a   Viti, M ^a   Babbucci, D ^a   Albarello, D ^a   Cenni, N ^b   Vannucchi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apennines; Earthquake triggering; Post seismic relaxation; Seismotectonics

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOTECTONICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECTONIC SETTING;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 77952745562     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-008-9141-z     Document Type: Article

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