Seismic hazard assessments for El Salvador

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-244

  Bommer, J J ^a   Hernandez D A ^b,c   Navarrete, J A ^b,c   Salazar, W M ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Central American University José Simeón Cañas   (El Salvador)

^c Universidad Centroamericana   (El Salvador)

Author keywords

Central America; Earthquakes; El Salvador; Seismic hazard; Seismic zoning

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 0030467778     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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