The 2009 L'Aquila (central Italy) seismic sequence

Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 367-387

  Chiaraluce, L ^a   Chiarabba, C ^a   De Gori, P ^a   Di Stefano, Raffaele ^a   Improta, L ^a   Piccinini, D ^a   Schlagenhauf, A ^b   Traversa, P ^b   Valoroso, L ^a   Voisin, C ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Central Italy; Fault system; L'Aquila earthquake

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052611857     PISSN: 00066729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4430/bgta0019     Document Type: Article

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