Coseismic deformation and source modeling of the May 2012 Emilia (Northern Italy) earthquakes

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 645-655

  Pezzo, Giuseppe ^a   Boncori, John Peter Merryman ^a   Tolomei, Cristiano ^a   Salvi, Stefano ^a   Atzori, Simone ^a   Antonioli, Andrea ^a   Trasatti, Elisa ^a   Novali, Fabrizio ^b   Serpelloni, Enrico ^a   Candela, Laura ^c   Giuliani, Roberta ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b Tele Rilevamento Europa   (Italy)

^c ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^d DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; MODELING; SEISMIC SOURCE;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY;

EMILIA;

EID: 84880230316     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0220120171     Document Type: Article

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