High-density macroseismic survey in urban areas. Part 2: Results for the city of Rome, Italy

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 298-311

  Cifelli, F ^a   Donati, S ^a,b   Funiciello, F ^a   Tertulliani, A ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; LITHOLOGY; SEISMIC HAZARD; URBAN AREA;

ITALY; ROME;

EID: 0034130624     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0119990097     Document Type: Article

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