Normal fault earthquakes or graviquakes

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Doglioni, C ^a,b   Carminati, E ^a,b   Petricca, P ^c   Riguzzi, F ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

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EID: 84937054262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12110     Document Type: Article

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