Complexity of the rupture process during the 2009 L'Aquila, Italy, earthquake

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 607-621

  Cirella, A ^a   Piatanesi, A ^a   Tinti, E ^a   Chini, M ^a   Cocco, M ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body waves; Earthquake dynamics; Earthquake ground motions; Earthquake source observations; Inverse theory; Rheology and friction of fault zones

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVES; EARTHQUAKE DYNAMICS; EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE; FAULT ZONE; INVERSE THEORY;

EARTHQUAKES; FRICTION; NUCLEATION; SEPARATION; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

FAULTING;

COMPLEXITY; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; GPS; INTERFEROMETRY; NORMAL FAULT; RHEOLOGY; STRONG MOTION; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ABRUZZI; ITALY; L'AQUILA;

AQUILA;

EID: 84862184417     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05505.x     Document Type: Article

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