Earthquakes and faults at Mt. Etna (southern Italy): Problems and perspectives for a time-dependent probabilistic seismic hazard assessment in a volcanic region

Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-88

  Azzaro, R ^a   D'Amico, S ^a   Peruzza, L ^b   Tuve T ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brownian passage time; Fault based seismic hazard; Mt. Etna; Sicily; Time dependent estimate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858770032     PISSN: 00066729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4430/bgta0038     Document Type: Article

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