A fast and efficient simulation of the far-fault and near-fault earthquake ground motions associated with the june 17 and 21, 2000, earthquakes in South Iceland

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 343-370

  Halldórsson, Benedikt ^a   Ólafsson, Símon ^a   Sigbjörnsson, Ragnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Broad Band Simulations; Near Fault Velocity Pulses; South Iceland Seismic Zone; Specific Barrier Model; Strong Ground Motions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES;

BROAD BAND SIMULATIONS; NEAR FAULT VELOCITY PULSES; SOUTH ICELAND SEISMIC ZONE; STRONG GROUND MOTIONS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 34249656258     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632460601031631     Document Type: Article

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