A physically based strong ground-motion prediction methodology; application to PSHA and the 1999 Mw = 6.0 Athens earthquake

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 659-680

  Hutchings, Lawrence ^a   Ioannidou, Eleni ^b   Foxall, William ^a   Voulgaris, Nicholas ^b   Savy, Jean ^a   Kalogeras, Ioannis ^c   Scognamiglio, Laura ^d   Stavrakakis, George ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

1999 Athens earthquake; Computational PSHA; Empirical Green's functions; Quasi dynamic; Source models; Strong ground motion prediction

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GREEN FUNCTION; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33846674845     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03178.x     Document Type: Article

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