Discriminating among distinct source models of the 1908 Messina Straits earthquake by modelling intensity data through full wavefield seismograms

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 164-173

  Convertito, Vincenzo ^a   Pino, Nicola Alessandro ^a  

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquake ground motions; Earthquake source observations

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; KINEMATICS;

ANELASTIC ATTENUATION; EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE OBSERVATIONS; HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES; HISTORICAL SEISMOGRAM; MACROSEISMIC INTENSITY; SOURCE CHARACTERISTICS; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM;

FAULTING;

EID: 84905916775     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu128     Document Type: Article

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