Zoning surface rupture hazard along normal faults: Insight from the 2009 M w 6.3 L'Aquila, central Italy, earthquake and other global earthquakes

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 918-935

  Boncio, Paolo ^a   Galli, Paolo ^a,c   Naso, Giuseppe ^b   Pizzi, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APENNINES; CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL ITALY; EARTHQUAKE FAULT; FAULT SYSTEM; NORMAL FAULTS; RUPTURE ZONE; SURFACE FAULTS; SURFACE RUPTURES;

EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; ZONING;

FAULTING;

ACTIVE FAULT; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; FOOTWALL; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NORMAL FAULT; ZONING;

AQUILA;

EID: 84861658971     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100301     Document Type: Article

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