Evidence for fault-related directionality and localized site effects from strong motion recordings of the 2003 Boumerdes (Algeria) earthquake: Consequences on damage distribution and the Algerian seismic code

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 991-1003

  Laouami, Nasser ^a   Slimani, Abdennasser ^a   Bouhadad, Youcef ^a   Chatelain, Jean Luc ^a,b   Nour, Ali ^a  

^a Centre National de Recherche Appliquee en Genie Parasismique   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Algeria; Attenuation law; Boumerdes; Damage; Directionality; Earthquake; PGA; Seismic code; Site effect; Strong motion

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TECTONICS;

ATTENUATION LAW; FAULT-RELATED DIRECTIONALITY; SEISMIC CODE; SITE EFFECT; STRONG MOTION;

EARTHQUAKES;

ACCELEROMETER; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; PEAK ACCELERATION; SEISMIC DESIGN; STRONG MOTION;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; ALGIERS; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33747025110     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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