Wavefield Polarization in Fault Zones of the Western Flank of Mt. Etna: Observations and Fracture Orientation Modelling

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 171, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3083-3097

  Panzera, F ^a,c   Pischiutta, M ^b   Lombardo, G ^a   Monaco, C ^a   Rovelli, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Directional resonance; fault zone; Mt. Etna; wavefield polarization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION;

AMBIENT NOISE MEASUREMENTS; AMPLIFICATION EFFECTS; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE ORIENTATIONS; FUNCTION OF FREQUENCY; MT. ETNA; RAGALNA FAULT SYSTEMS; WAVEFIELDS;

FRACTURE;

AMBIENT NOISE; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE ORIENTATION; GROUND MOTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84909974288     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-014-0831-x     Document Type: Article

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