Directional resonance variations across the pernicana fault, Mt Etna, in relation to brittle deformation fields

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 986-996

  Pischiutta, M ^a   Rovelli, A ^a   Salvini, F ^b   Di Giulio, G ^a   Ben Zion, Y ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake ground motions; Site effects; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; KINEMATICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION FIELD; EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; EXTENSIONAL STRESS; FRACTURE ORIENTATIONS; SITE EFFECTS; STIFFNESS ANISOTROPY; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS;

RESONANCE;

AZIMUTH; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE ZONE; GROUND MOTION; KINEMATICS; RESONANCE; SITE EFFECT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84876796877     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt031     Document Type: Article

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