A Mw 6.3 earthquake scenario in the city of Nice (southeast France): Ground motion simulations

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 523-541

  Salichon, Jérome ^a,c   Kohrs Sansorny, Carine ^a   Bertrand, Etienne ^b,c   Courboulex, Françoise ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b Ctr d'Etudes Techniques l'Equip   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Alps; Empirical green's functions; Ground motion simulations; Ligurian basin; Mediterranean Sea; Seismic hazard; Strong ground motion

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GREEN FUNCTION; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC HAZARD; STOCHASTICITY; STRONG MOTION; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ALPES MARITIMES; ALPS; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NICE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

EID: 77953706102     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-009-9180-0     Document Type: Article

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