A model for the attenuation of peak ground acceleration in New Zealand earthquakes based on seismograph and accelerograph data

Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 193-217

  Cousins, W J ^a   Zhao, J X ^a   Perrin, N D ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCK MECHANICS; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; VOLCANOES;

ACCELEROGRAPHS; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION (PGA);

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 0033312509     PISSN: 11749857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5459/bnzsee.32.4.193-220     Document Type: Article

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