Characterizing crustal earthquake slip models for the prediction of strong ground motion

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-80

  Somerville, Paul ^a   Irikura, Kojiro ^b   Graves, Robert ^a   Sawada, Sumio ^b   Wald, David ^c   Abrahamson, Norman ^d   Iwasaki, Yoshinori ^e   Kagawa, Takao ^e   Smith, Nancy ^a   Kowada, Akira ^f  

^a Woodward Clyde Federal Services   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^e GEO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO   (Japan)

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EID: 2042527383     PISSN: 00128287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.70.1.59     Document Type: Article

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