Calculation of broadband time histories of ground motion, Part II: Kinematic and dynamic modeling using theoretical Green's functions and comparison with the 1994 northridge earthquake

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 614-645

  Hartzell, Stephen ^a   Guatteri, Mariagiovanna ^b   Mai, P Martin ^c   Liu, Peng Cheng ^d   Fisk, Mark ^e  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FRACTALS; FRICTION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DYNAMIC MODELS; FRACTAL DISTRIBUTION; GROUND MOTIONS; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

SEISMOLOGY;

BROADBAND DATA; EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; GROUND MOTION; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHRIDGE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20444393994     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040136     Document Type: Article

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