Rupture directivity during the September 7, 1999 (Mw 5.9) Athens (Greece) earthquake inferred from forward modeling of strong ground motion

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 160, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2301-2318

  Roumelioti, Z ^a   Kiratzi, A ^a   Theodoulidis, N ^b   Kalogeras, I ^c   Stavrakakis, G ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Athens; Greece; Ground motion; Rupture directivity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT; GREEN FUNCTION; GROUND MOTION; STRONG MOTION;

GREECE;

EID: 0242337583     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-003-2395-z     Document Type: Article

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