Stochastic finite-fault ground-motion simulation and source characterization of the 4 April 2010 M w 7.2 el mayor-cucapah earthquake

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 235-249

  Rodríguez Pérez, Quetzalcoatl ^a   Ottemöller, Lars ^a   Castro, Raúl R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GROUND MOTION; STOCHASTICITY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84859509909     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.83.2.235     Document Type: Article

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