Variations of crustal elastic properties during the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake inferred from cross-correlations of ambient seismic noise

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Zaccarelli, L ^a   Shapiro, N M ^a   Faenza, L ^b   Soldati, G ^b   Michelini, A ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY BANDS; SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AMBIENT SEISMIC NOISE; CENTRAL ITALY; CROSS-CORRELATIONS; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; EARTH'S CRUST; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; HIGH FREQUENCY; MAIN SHOCK; SEISMIC RECORDS; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SOFT LAYERS; VELOCITY VARIATIONS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ELASTIC MODULUS; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ABRUZZI; ITALY; L'AQUILA;

AQUILA;

EID: 84055191534     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049750     Document Type: Article

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