Finite fault modeling of strong ground motions using a hybrid deterministic-stochastic approach

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 225-240

  Pacor, Francesca ^a   Cultrera, Giovanna ^a   Mendez, Andres ^b   Cocco, Massimo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b Aon/Impact Forecasting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

DETERMINISTIC-STOCHASTIC METHOD (DSM); EARTHQUAKE SOURCES; FINITE FAULT MODELING; POINT SOURCE STOCHASTIC METHOD (PSM);

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; MODELING; STRONG MOTION;

EID: 18144383506     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120030163     Document Type: Article

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