Low shear-velocity zone in the Neapolitan-area crust between the Campi Flegrei and Vesuvio volcanic areas

Terra Nova

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 208-217

  Nunziata, Concettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INVERSION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MAGMA CHAMBER; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR ZONE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOLCANO;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; CAMPI FLEGREI; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; VESUVIUS;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 77954211435     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2010.00936.x     Document Type: Article

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