Investigating rupture direction for three 2012 moderate earthquakes in Northern Italy from inversion of peak ground-motion parameters

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2764-2770

  Convertito, Vincenzo ^a   Emolo, Antonio ^b  

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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EID: 84870756142     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120120067     Document Type: Note

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