Reliability of the automatic procedures for locating earthquakes in southwestern Alps and northern Apennines (Italy)

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 393-411

  Turino, Chiara ^a   Morasca, Paola ^a   Ferretti, Gabriele ^a   Scafidi, Davide ^a   Spallarossa, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Akaike Information Criterion; Automatic earthquake location method; Automatic picker; Characteristic Function; Northern Apennines; Southwestern Alps

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; ALGORITHM; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE; INSTRUMENTATION; REAL TIME; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOMETRY; SOFTWARE; WARNING SYSTEM;

ALPS; APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 77952885492     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-009-9171-1     Document Type: Article

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