Deterministic approach for the seismic microzonation of Bucharest

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 161, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 1149-1164

  Cioflan, C O ^a   Apostol, B F ^a   Moldoveanu, C L ^a,b   Panza, G F ^c,d   Marmureanu, Gh ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EARTH PHYSICS   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bucharest; Microzonation; Synthetic seismograms; Vrancea

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; SEISMICITY; SITE EFFECT;

BUCHAREST [BUCHAREST (MNC)]; BUCHAREST [ROMANIA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 2342491477     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-003-2496-8     Document Type: Article

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