Sequential Integrated Inversion of tomographic images and gravity data: An application to the Friuli area (north-eastern Italy)

Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-212

  Bressan, Gianni ^a   Gentile, G F ^a   Tondi, R ^b   de Franco, R ^c   Urban, S ^a  

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

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elastic moduli; Friuli; Gravity anomalies; NE Italy; Seismic tomography; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862904934     PISSN: 00066729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4430/bgta0059     Document Type: Article

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