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INTENSITY SCALE [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
CONT

Much ingenuity has been expended in drawing up intensity scales. One of the earliest to come into wide use was that of Rossi and Forel ... describing ten degrees of shaking.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
CONT

De nombreuses échelles d'intensité ont été utilisées, parmi elles l'échelle Rossi-Forel (RF), en dix degrés [...]

Spanish

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