Space-time distribution of afterslip following the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  D'Agostino, N ^a   Cheloni, D ^a   Fornaro, G ^b   Giuliani, R ^c   Reale, D ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

^c DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA INVERSION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; GPS; PALEOSEISMICITY; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOLOGY; SLIP; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ABRUZZI; ITALY; L'AQUILA; PAGANICA;

AQUILA;

EID: 84856952265     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008523     Document Type: Article

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