Improving seismotectonics and seismic hazard assessment along the San Ramón Fault at the eastern border of Santiago city, Chile

Natural Hazards

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 243-274

  Perez A ^a   Ruiz, J A ^a   Vargas, G ^a,b   Rauld, R ^a   Rebolledo, S ^a   Campos, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Universidad de Chile Centro de Excelencia en Geotermia de los Andes   (Chile)

Author keywords

Andes; Ground motion parameters; Kinematic rupture scenarios; San Ram n Fault; Santiago de Chile; Seismic hazard; Seismotectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893904252     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0908-3     Document Type: Article

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