An improved 1-D seismic velocity model for seismological studies in the Campania-Lucania region (Southern Italy)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 460-473

  Matrullo, Emanuela ^a,d   De Matteis, Raffaella ^b   Satriano, Claudio ^c   Amoroso, Ortensia ^a,e   Zollo, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body waves; Crustal structure; Earthquake source observations; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVES; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE OBSERVATIONS; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; LOW-VELOCITY LAYERS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY MODELS; TOMOGRAPHIC INVERSION;

EARTHQUAKES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BODY WAVE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; TRAVEL TIME;

BASILICATA; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY;

EID: 84885741036     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt224     Document Type: Article

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