The attenuation of seismic intensity in Italy, Part II: Modeling and validation

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 692-708

  Pasolini, Chiara ^a   Albarello, D ^b   Gasperini, Paolo ^a   D'Amico, V ^b,c   Lolli, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BOOTSTRAP SIMULATION; MACROSEISMIC INTENSITY; MOMENT MAGNITUDE;

SEISMOLOGY;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BOOTSTRAPPING; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC SOURCE; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE SCATTERING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 42649086466     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120070021     Document Type: Article

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