Basin-related effects on ground motion for earthquake scenarios in the Lower Rhine Embayment

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 197-212

  Ewald, Michael ^a   Igel, Heiner ^a,d   Hinzen, Klaus Günter ^b   Scherbaum, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d Sektion Geophysik ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Deterministic shaking hazard; Earthquake scenarios; Numerical wave propagation; Seismic intensities; Site effects

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC WAVE; SITE EFFECT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LOWER RHINE BASIN; RHINE BASIN;

EID: 33745593059     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02909.x     Document Type: Article

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