Complexity of the Mw 6.3 2009 L'Aquila (central Italy) earthquake: 2. Broadband strong motion modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Ameri, G ^a   Gallovic F ^b   Pacor, F ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GREEN FUNCTION; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOGRAM; SITE EFFECT; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRONG MOTION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ABRUZZI; ITALY; L'AQUILA;

AQUILA;

EID: 84860310033     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008729     Document Type: Article

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