Stochastic finite-fault modeling of ground motions from the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake. I. Validation on rock sites

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1392-1401

  Beresnev, Igor A ^a   Atkinson, Gail M ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE 1994; SITE EFFECT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032424573     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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