Do earthquake storms repeat in the Apennines of Italy?

Terra Nova

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 300-306

  Chiarabba, Claudio ^a   de Gori, Pasquale ^a   Amato, Alessandro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; NORMAL FAULT; PERIODICITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; UPPER CRUST;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 80052630406     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2011.01013.x     Document Type: Article

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