Regression analysis of MCS intensity and ground motion spectral accelerations (SAs) in Italy

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1415-1430

  Faenza, Licia ^a   Michelini, Alberto ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquake ground motions; Europe; Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

DATA BANK; DATA SETS; EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; EUROPE; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GROUND MOTIONS; GROUND PARAMETERS; GROUND-SHAKING; INSTRUMENTAL DATA; MACROSEISMIC; MAXIMUM VALUES; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; PARAMETRIZATIONS; PEAK VALUES; REGRESSION TECHNIQUES; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS; SPECTRAL ACCELERATION; STANDARD ERRORS;

EARTHQUAKES; STATISTICS; TECTONICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACCELERATION; DATA SET; DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; GEOMETRY; GROUND MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEISMICITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TECTONICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ITALY;

EID: 80051782944     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05125.x     Document Type: Article

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