Liquefaction phenomena along the paleo-Reno River caused by the May 20, 2012, Emilia (northern Italy) earthquake

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 735-742

  Papathanassiou, Giorgos ^a   Caputo, Riccardo ^b   Rapti Caputo, Dimitra ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; LIQUEFACTION;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY; RENO RIVER;

EMILIA;

EID: 84868118904     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4401/ag-6147     Document Type: Article

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