TriNet "ShakeMaps": Rapid generation of peak ground motion and intensity maps for earthquakes in southern California

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 537-554

  Wald, David J ^a   Quitoriano, Vincent ^b   Heaton, Thomas H ^b   Kanamori, Hiroo ^b   Scrivner, Craig W ^c   Worden, C Bruce ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Division of Mines and Geology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GROUND MOTION; MAP;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0043262759     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.1586057     Document Type: Article

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