Source scaling of intermediate-depth Vrancea earthquakes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 879-889

  Gusev, A ^a   Radulian, M ^b   Rizescu, M ^b   Panza, G F ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EARTH PHYSICS   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Source parameters; Source scaling; Vrancea earthquakes

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; SCALE EFFECT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRONG MOTION;

ROMANIA; VRANCEA;

EID: 0036899676     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01816.x     Document Type: Article

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