How to infer the possible mechanism and characteristics of earthquakes from the striations and ground surface traces of existing faults

Structural Engineering/Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Aydan, Omer ^a   Kumsar, Halil ^b   Ulusay, Reçat ^c  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

acceleration; earthquake characteristics; fault; focal plane solutions; magnitude; striation

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CIVIL ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; SEISMOLOGY;

FAULTS; GROUND SURFACE TRACES; STRIATIONS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 0037933287     PISSN: 02898063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2208/jsceseee.19.199s     Document Type: Article

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