Estimation of an upper limit on prehistoric peak ground acceleration using the parameters of intact speleothems in Hungarian caves

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-33

  Szeidovitz, Gyozo ^a   Surányi, Gergely ^a   Gribovszki, Katalin ^a   Bus, Zoltán ^a   Leél Ossy, Szabolcs ^b   Varga, Zsolt ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Earthquake hazard; Paleoearthquakes; Speleothems

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; GROUND MOTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; PEAK ACCELERATION; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SEISMIC HAZARD; SPELEOTHEM; TENSILE STRESS;

EID: 38349165345     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-007-9068-9     Document Type: Article

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