Spatial organization of foreshocks as a tool to forecast large earthquakes

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lippiello, E ^a   Marzocchi, W ^b   De Arcangelis, L ^a   Godano, C ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

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EID: 84870838140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00846     Document Type: Article

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