Rapid determination of the shakemaps for the L'Aquila main shock: A critical analysis

Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 407-425

  Faenza, Licia ^a   Lauciani, V ^a   Michelini, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

L'Aquila earthquake sequence; Macroseismic intensity; Strong ground motion

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052957058     PISSN: 00066729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4430/bgta0020     Document Type: Review

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