Modification of empirical strong ground motion attenuation relations to include the amplitude and duration effects of rupture directivity

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 199-222

  Somerville, Paul G ^a   Smith, Nancy F ^a   Graves, Robert W ^a   Abrahamson, Norman A ^b  

^a Woodward Clyde Federal Services   (United States)

^b PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; DIRECTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GROUND MOTION; RUPTURE DIRECTIVITY; RUPTURE MECHANISM; SEISMIC HAZARD;

EID: 0030923422     PISSN: 00128287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.68.1.199     Document Type: Article

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