New findings on the 1958 Las Melosas earthquake sequence, central Chile: Implications for seismic hazard related to shallow crustal earthquakes in subduction zones

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 432-455

  Sepulveda, Sergio A ^a   Astroza, Maximiliano ^a   Kausel, Edgar ^a   Campos, Jaime ^a   Casas, Eduardo A ^a   Rebolledo, Sofia ^a   Verdugo, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Landslides; Seismic Hazard; Strong Ground Motion

Indexed keywords

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; HAZARDS; LANDSLIDES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEISMIC WAVES;

GEOTECHNICAL BACK-ANALYSIS; SEISMIC HAZARDS; STRONG GROUND MOTION; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 41849100665     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632460701512951     Document Type: Article

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