Combining stress transfer and source directivity: The case of the 2012 Emilia seismic sequence

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Convertito, Vincenzo ^a   Catalli, Flaminia ^b   Emolo, Antonio ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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EID: 84887309790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03114     Document Type: Article

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