Post-seismic relaxation following the 2009 April 6, L'Aquila (Italy), earthquake revealed by the mass position of a broad-band seismometer

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1717-1724

  Pino, Nicola Alessandro ^a  

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquake source observations; Europe; Seismic cycle

Indexed keywords

BROAD BANDS; DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE; EUROPE; FORCE BALANCES; GEODETIC MEASUREMENTS; GEODETIC OBSERVATION; GROUND INCLINATION; GROUND SURFACES; LONG-TERM DEFORMATION; MAIN SHOCK; MASS POSITION; OUTPUT CHANNELS; SEISMIC ANALYSIS; SEISMIC CYCLE; SEISMIC EVENT; SEISMIC INSTRUMENTS; SEISMIC SENSOR; STATE OF HEALTH; SURFACE INCLINATION; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TIME-SCALES; TRANSIENT PROCESS; VERY LOW FREQUENCY; WAVE FORMS;

GEODESY; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMOGRAPHS;

EARTHQUAKES;

BROADBAND DATA; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; GEODESY; GROUND MOTION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOGRAPH; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

ABRUZZI; ITALY; L'AQUILA;

AQUILA;

EID: 84860833421     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05450.x     Document Type: Article

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