Shake map methodology for intermediate-depth Vrancea (Romania) earthquakes

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 497-514

  Böse, Maren ^a   Sokolov, Vladimir ^b   Wenzel, Friedemann ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

AMPLIFICATION FACTORS; AMPLIFICATION SPECTRA; ATTENUATION RELATIONS; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; MACROSEISMIC INTENSITY; SEISMIC SITE EFFECT; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; STRONG MOTION RECORDS;

MOTION ESTIMATION;

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SITE EFFECT; STRONG MOTION;

CARPATHIANS; ROMANIA; VRANCEA;

EID: 84855819615     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.3148882     Document Type: Article

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