Simulations of strong ground motion in SW Iberia for the 1969 February 28 (Ms = 8.0) and the 1755 November 1 (M ∼ 8.5) earthquakes - II. Strong ground motion simulations

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 807-822

  Grandin, Raphaël ^a,c   Borges, José Fernando ^a   Bezzeghoud, Mourad ^a   Caldeira, Bento ^a   Carrilho, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Iberian region; Ocean continent transition; Strong ground motion; Waveform modelling

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SLIP; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRONG MOTION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GORRINGE BANK; GULF OF CADIZ; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 35348821213     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03571.x     Document Type: Article

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