Imaging the velocity structure of the calabrian arc region (southern Italy) through the integration of different seismological data

Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 625-638

  Orecchio, B ^a,b   Presti, D ^b,c   Totaro, C ^b   Guerra, I ^a   Neri, G ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calabrian arc; Tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755188007     PISSN: 00066729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4430/bgta0023     Document Type: Article

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