Time–Space Evolution of Seismic Strain Release in the Area Shocked by the August 24–October 30 Central Italy Seismic Sequence

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1875-1887

  Barani, Simone ^a   Mascandola, Claudia ^b   Serpelloni, Enrico ^b   Ferretti, Gabriele ^a   Massa, Marco ^b   Spallarossa, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Apennines; geodetic strain rate; quiescence; seismic gap; seismic sequence; seismic strain rate

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; SEISMOLOGY;

CENTRAL APENNINES; GEODETIC STRAIN; QUIESCENCE; SEISMIC GAPS; SEISMIC SEQUENCE; SEISMIC STRAIN;

STRAIN RATE;

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GEODESY; SEISMIC QUIESCENCE; SEISMICITY; STRAIN RATE;

APENNINES; ITALY;

AQUILA;

EID: 85018783341     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-017-1547-5     Document Type: Article

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