High-frequency directivity in strong ground motion modeling methods

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-211

  Gallovic, Frantisek ^a   Burjanek, Jan ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Composite model; Earthquake source models; Heterogeneous slip distribution; Source directivity; Strong motion modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GREEN FUNCTION; GROUND MOTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SLIP; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 36348970073     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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