Ground motion zoning of Santiago de Cuba: An approach by SH waves modelling

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 161, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 1041-1059

  Alvarez, Leonardo ^a,b   García, Julio ^a   Vaccari, Franco ^c,d   Panza, Giuliano F ^b,d   González, Bertha ^a   Reyes, Carmen ^a   Fernández, Bárbara ^a   Pico, Ramón ^e   Zapata, José A ^a   Arango, Enrique ^a  

^a Centro Nac Invest Sismologicas   (Cuba)

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

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTO DE CIBERNÉTICA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Santiago de Cuba; Surface waves; Syntheic seismograms; Zoning

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; SEISMICITY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; SANTIAGO DE CUBA;

EID: 2342551020     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-003-2500-3     Document Type: Article

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