Near field domain effects and their consideration in the international and Italian seismic codes

Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 717-738

  Grimaz, S ^a   Malisan, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epicentral area; Hazard; Near field; Seismic code

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939462246     PISSN: 00066729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4430/bgta0130     Document Type: Article

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