Preliminary study of the strong ground motions of the Tohoku, Japan, earthquake of 11 march 2011: Assessing the influence of anelastic attenuation and rupture directivity

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-129

  Skarlatoudis, A A ^a   Papazachos, C B ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANELASTICITY; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; STRONG MOTION; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011;

EID: 84855765052     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.83.1.119     Document Type: Article

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