The 2016 central Italy seismic sequence: A first look at the mainshocks, aftershocks, and source models

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 757-771

  Chiaraluce, L ^a   Di Stefano, R ^a   Tinti, E ^a   Scognamiglio, L ^a   Michele, M ^a   Casarotti, E ^a   Cattaneo, M ^a   De Gori, P ^a   Chiarabba, C ^a   Monachesi, G ^a   Lombardi, A ^a   Valoroso, L ^a   Latorre, D ^a   Marzorati, S ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; FAULT SLIPS; FAULTING; GEOPHYSICS; SEISMOLOGY;

COSEISMIC SLIP DISTRIBUTION; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GEOLOGICAL DOMAINS; LARGE EARTHQUAKES; NORMAL FAULT SYSTEM; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC SEQUENCE; SPACE-TIME EVOLUTION;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; MODELING; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMICITY; SLIP;

ITALY;

EID: 85019939066     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0220160221     Document Type: Review

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