Moho reflection effects in the Po plain (northern Italy) observed from instrumental and intensity data

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2142-2152

  Bragato, P L ^a   Sugan, M ^a   Augliera, P ^b   Massa, M ^b   Vuan, A ^a   Sarao A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND MOTIONS; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS; HYPOCENTRAL DISTANCE; INTENSITY DATA; MACROSEISMIC INTENSITY; NON-PARAMETRIC REGRESSION; NORTHERN ITALY; NUMERICAL MODELING; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; PO PLAIN; REFLECTION EFFECTS; S-WAVES; SYNTHETIC DATA; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EARTHQUAKES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUND MOTION; MOHO; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEAK ACCELERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMOGRAM;

ITALY; PO PLAIN;

EID: 80053184924     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100257     Document Type: Article

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