Fault-trapped waves depict continuity of the fault system responsible for the 6 April 2009 M W 6.3 L'Aquila earthquake, central Italy

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 323-324, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-8

  Calderoni, Giovanna ^a   Di Giovambattista, Rita ^a   Vannoli, Paola ^a   Pucillo, Stefania ^a   Rovelli, Antonio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

6 April 2009 L'Aquila earthquake; Central Apennines; Fault zone trapped waves; Fluid pressure; Normal fault system; Paganica Fault

Indexed keywords

APENNINES; BROAD BANDS; CENTRAL ITALY; FAULT PLANES; FAULT SYSTEM; FLUID PRESSURE; FLUID PRESSURES; NORMAL FAULT SYSTEM; PAGANICA FAULT; SEISMIC HAZARDS; STUDY AREAS;

EARTHQUAKES;

WATER WAVES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT PLANE; FAULT ZONE; FLUID PRESSURE; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC HAZARD; TRAPPED WAVE;

ABRUZZI; ITALY; L'AQUILA;

AQUILA;

EID: 84856992411     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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