Ground-motion scaling in the Western Alps

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-333

  Morasca, Paola ^a   Malagnini, Luca ^b   Akinci, Aybige ^b   Spallarossa, Daniele ^a   Herrmann, R B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Ground motion; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; MODELING; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOGRAM; VIBRATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 33750448978     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-006-9019-x     Document Type: Article

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