Earthquake-induced transient ground strains from dense seismic networks

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 453-470

  Paolucci, Roberto ^a   Smerzini, Chiara ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ROSE School   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); STRAIN;

ENGINEERING PRACTICES; NUMERICAL DIFFERENTIATION; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; SEISMIC NETWORKS; SIMPLIFIED EVALUATIONS; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION; STRAIN EVALUATION; WAVE PASSAGE EFFECT;

EARTHQUAKES;

DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; INTERPOLATION; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL DATA; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NEW ZEALAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49049112098     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.2923923     Document Type: Article

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