Source, attenuation, and site parameters of the 1997 Umbria-Marche seismic sequence from the inversion of P wave spectra: A comparison between constant QP and frequency-dependent QP models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  De Lorenzo, Salvatore ^a   Zollo, Aldo ^b   Zito, Giammaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DATA INVERSION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC MOMENT; SOURCE PARAMETERS; WAVE VELOCITY;

ITALY; UMBRIA-MARCHE BASIN;

EID: 77956453728     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB007004     Document Type: Article

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