Seismic microzoning from synthetic ground motion parameters: case study, Santiago de Cuba
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عنوان ژورنال: Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0267-7261
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2005.02.006