The coseismic and postseismic deformation of the L'Aquila, 2009 earthquake from repeated GPS measurements

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 348-358

  Devoti, Roberto ^a   Anderlini, Letizia ^a,b   Anzidei, Marco ^a   Esposito, Alessandra ^a   Galvani, Alessandro ^a   Pietrantonio, Grazia ^a   Pisani, Annarita ^a   Riguzzi, Federica ^a   Sepe, Vincenzo ^a   Serpelloni, Enrico ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apennines; Coseismic displacements; GPS; Postseismic deformation; Relaxation time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868091660     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2012.15     Document Type: Article

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