The 2012 may 20 and 29, emilia earthquakes (northern italy) and the main aftershocks: S-wave attenuation, acceleration source functions and site effects

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 597-611

  Castro, Raúl R ^a   Pacor, Francesca ^b   Puglia, Rodolfo ^b   Ameri, Gabriele ^b,d   Letort, Jean ^c   Massa, Marco ^b   Luzi, Lucia ^b  

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

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UMR 7327   (France)

^d Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

Author keywords

Body waves; Earthquake ground motions; Seismic attenuation; Site effects

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION SPECTRUM; BODY WAVES; EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; GEOMETRICAL SPREADING; HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIOS; LOW FREQUENCY RADIATION; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SITE EFFECTS;

ACCELERATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

SHEAR WAVES;

AFTERSHOCK; BODY WAVE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GROUND MOTION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SITE EFFECT; WAVE ATTENUATION;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY;

EMILIA;

EID: 84885710766     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt245     Document Type: Article

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