Deterministic seismic ground motion modelling of the greater Accra Metropolitan area, Southeastern Ghana

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 317-328

  Amponsah, P E ^a   Banoeng Yakubo, B K ^b   Panza, G F ^c,d   Vaccari, F ^c  

^a Ministry of Lands Forestry and Mines Ghana   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GROUND MOTION; METROPOLITAN AREA; MODELING; SEISMICITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ACCRA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

EID: 77953036020     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.112.3-4.317     Document Type: Article

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