The central Italy seismic sequence between August and December 2016: Analysis of strong-motion observations

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1219-1231

  Luzi, Lucia ^a   Pacor, Francesca ^a   Puglia, Rodolfo ^a   Lanzano, Giovanni ^a   Felicetta, Chiara ^a   D'Amico, Maria ^a   Michelini, Alberto ^a   Faenza, Licia ^a   Lauciani, Valentino ^a   Iervolino, Iunio ^b   Baltzopoulos, George ^b   Chioccarelli, Eugenio ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOTION ANALYSIS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

GROUND MOTION INTENSITIES; GROUND-MOTION VARIABILITY; HANGING-WALL EFFECTS; LOCAL SITE CONDITION; NEAR SOURCE GROUND MOTION; PERMANENT DISPLACEMENTS; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; STRONG MOTION DATUM;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

EID: 85028339982     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0220170037     Document Type: Article

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