The recent seismicity of Mt. Vesuvius: Inference on seismogenic processes

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  D'Auria, Luca ^a   Esposito, Antonietta M ^a   Lo Bascio, Domenico ^a   Ricciolino, Patrizia ^a   Giudicepietro, Flora ^a   Martini, Marcello ^a   Caputo, Teresa ^a   De Cesare, Walter ^a   Orazi, Massimo ^a   Peluso, Rosario ^a   Scarpato, Giovanni ^a   Buonocunto, Ciro ^a   Capello, Marco ^a   Caputo, Antonio ^a  

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mt. Vesuvius; Statistical seismology; Volcano monitoring; Volcano seismology

Indexed keywords

CRATER; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANOLOGY;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; VESUVIUS;

EID: 84887669453     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4401/ag-6448     Document Type: Article

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