Strong motion modelling of the 1993 Tikokino earthquake, southern Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-270

  Abercrombie, Rachel E ^a,b   Benites, Rafael A ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake source directivity; Extended fault model; Plate interface thrust; Strong ground motion

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; SEISMICITY; STRONG MOTION;

HAWKE'S BAY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 0032468607     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1998.9514809     Document Type: Article

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