Rupture features of the 2016 Mw 6.2 norcia earthquake and its possible relationship with strong seismic hazards

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1320-1328

  Liu, Chengli ^a   Zheng, Yong ^a,b   Xie, Zujun ^b   Xiong, Xiong ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOPHYSICS; HAZARDS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMOLOGY;

ACCUMULATED STRAIN; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; JOINT INVERSION; OPTIMIZED MODELS; RUPTURE FEATURES; RUPTURE PROCESS; RUPTURE VELOCITIES; SEISMIC HAZARDS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GPS; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC MOMENT; DIP-SLIP FAULT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRONG MOTION; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW NORCIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 85012975498     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071958     Document Type: Article

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