Site attenuation and source parameters on the North Anatolian Fault zone, eastern Turkey estimated from the aftershocks of 13 March 1992 Erzincan earthquake

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 363-373

  Eyidogan, Haluk ^a   Akinci, Aybige ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Earthquake source parameters; Regional and site attenuation; Source spectrum; Spectral fall off rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 2042428435     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009833925675     Document Type: Article

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