Stress Drops of the 1997–1998 Colfiorito, Central Italy Earthquakes: Hints for a Common Behaviour of Normal Faults in the Apennines

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 171, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2731-2746

  Rovelli, Antonio ^a   Calderoni, Giovanna ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

AFTERSHOCK SEQUENCE; CENTRAL APENNINES; GROUND MOTIONS; NORMAL FAULTING; NORTHERN APENNINES; PROPAGATION EFFECT; SEISMIC SEQUENCE; STRESS RELEASE;

FAULT SLIPS;

AFTERSHOCK; DECONVOLUTION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GREEN FUNCTION; GROUND MOTION; NORMAL FAULT; STRESS FIELD;

APENNINES; COLFIORITO; ITALY; MARCHE; PERUGIA; UMBRIA;

AQUILA;

EID: 84920520311     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-014-0856-1     Document Type: Article

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