An estimate of the attenuation relationship for strong ground motion in the Kivu Province, Western Rift Valley of Africa

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 13-21

  Tuluka, Mavonga ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles   (Congo)

Author keywords

Attenuation relationship; Kivu Province; Strong ground motion; Western Rift Valley of Africa

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ESTIMATION; LANDFORMS; SEISMIC WAVES;

EPICENTRAL DISTANCE; GROUND ACCELERATION; GROUND MOTION; POWER LAW;

SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GROUND MOTION; PEAK ACCELERATION; POWER LAW; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRONG MOTION;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; KIVU; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34250307899     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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