Modeling strong ground motion in the Wellington Metropolitan Area, New Zealand

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2180-2196

  Benites, Rafael ^a   Olsen, Kim B ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EARTHQUAKES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

FAULT RUPTURES; GROUND MOTION; NEW ZEALAND; SEISMIC ENERGY; SEISMIC-WAVE PROPAGATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WELLINGTON [NORTH ISLAND];

EID: 31544432020     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040223     Document Type: Article

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