Near-fault peak ground velocity from earthquake and laboratory data

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1502-1510

  McGarr, A ^a   Fletcher, J B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LOADS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKE SLIP MODELS; FAULT; PEAK GROUND VELOCITY; PEAK SLIP RATE; SEISMIC MOMENT;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT ZONE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; IN SITU STRESS; LABORATORY METHOD; LIMITING FACTOR; LOADING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC MOMENT; STIFFNESS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 35548938509     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120060268     Document Type: Article

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