Attenuation relations of Arias intensity based on the Chi-Chi Taiwan earthquake data

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 509-517

  Hwang, H ^a   Lin, C K ^a   Yeh, Y T ^b   Cheng, S N ^b   Chen, K C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arias intensity; Attenuation relation; Chi Chi earthquake; Ground motion; Site effect

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; EARTHQUAKES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FOOTWALL; THRUST FAULTS;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SITE EFFECT; THRUST FAULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 2942733157     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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