Peak ground acceleration produced by local earthquakes in volcanic areas of Campi Flegrei and Mt. Vesuvius

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1377-1389

  Galluzzo, Danilo ^a   Del Pezzo, Edoardo ^a   La Rocca, Mario ^a   Petrosino, Simona ^a  

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Campi Flegrei; Mt. Vesuvius; Peak ground acceleration; Scaling law; Stochastic method

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; GROUND MOTION; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE;

CAMPANIA; CAMPI FLEGREI; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPOLI; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VESUVIUS; WORLD;

EID: 12844253153     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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