Clues for a relation between rotational effects induced by the 2009 Mw 6.3 L'Aquila (Central Italy) earthquake and site and source effects

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1109-1120

  Cucci, Luigi ^a   Tertulliani, Andrea ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ITALY; DATA SETS; DIRECTIVITY; FAULT PLANES; MACROSEISMIC; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTATIONAL EFFECTS; ROTATIONAL MOTION; SEISMIC MOTIONS; SLIP DISTRIBUTION; SOURCE EFFECTS;

ROTATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT PLANE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; SLIP;

AQUILA;

EID: 79957911901     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100264     Document Type: Article

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