Limits on earthquake nucleation and other pre-seismic phenomena from continuous strain in the near field of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Amoruso, A ^a,b   Crescentini, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE NUCLEATION; IN-PHASE; MAIN SHOCK; NEAR FIELDS; PRECURSORY PHENOMENA; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC PHENOMENA; TIDAL RESPONSE;

NUCLEATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

DILATANCY; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FORESHOCK; NUCLEATION; SEISMIC MOMENT; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

ABRUZZI; ITALY; L'AQUILA;

AQUILA;

EID: 77953078739     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043308     Document Type: Article

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