A simple test for inhibition of very strong shaking in ground-motion models

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 448-453

  Rhoades, David A ^a   Zhao, John X ^a   McVerry, Graeme H ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GROUND MOTION; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION (PGA); SEISMIC HAZARD;

SEISMOLOGY;

GROUND MOTION; INHIBITION; MODELING; PEAK ACCELERATION; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SHAKING TABLE TEST; STRONG MOTION;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 40549091351     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120070133     Document Type: Article

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