Very high rate (10 Hz) GPS seismology for moderate-magnitude earthquakes: The case of the Mw 6.3 L'Aquila (central Italy) event

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Avallone, A ^a   Marzario, M ^a   Cirella, A ^a   Piatanesi, A ^a   Rovelli, A ^a   Di Alessandro, C ^b   D'Anastasio, E ^a   D'Agostino, N ^a   Giuliani, R ^c   Mattone, M ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE; GPS; P-WAVE; RUPTURE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOLOGY; STRONG MOTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ABRUZZI; ITALY; L'AQUILA;

ALIAS; AQUILA;

EID: 79951483397     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007834     Document Type: Article

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