3D ground-motion estimation in Rome, Italy

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 133-146

  Olsen, K B ^a   Akinci, A ^b   Rovelli, A ^b   Marra, F ^b   Malagnini, L ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EARTHQUAKES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION ESTIMATION; SEISMIC WAVES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

GROUND-MOTION ESTIMATION; ITALY; PEAK GROUND VELOCITIES (PGVS); SEISMIC HAZARDS; VISCOELASTIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33644536082     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120030243     Document Type: Article

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