Specific distribution of ground motion during the 1995 Kobe earthquake and its generation mechanism

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 785-788

  Furumura, T ^a   Koketsu, K ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; FAULTING; GEOPHYSICS;

GROUND MOTIONS; SEDIMENTARY BASINS; DIRECTIVITY EFFECT; GENERATION MECHANISM; KOBE EARTHQUAKE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SPECIFIC DISTRIBUTION; STRONG GROUND MOTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) SIMULATION;

SEISMOLOGY; EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; GROUND MOTION; KOBE EARTHQUAKE 1995;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KOBE;

EID: 0032520539     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL50418     Document Type: Article

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