Calibrating median and uncertainty estimates for a practical use of empirical Green's functions technique

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 344-353

  Causse, Mathieu ^a   Cotton, Fabrice ^a   Cornou, Cécile ^a   Bard, Pierre Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CALIBRATION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEDIMENTS; SOIL MECHANICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EMPIRICAL GREEN'S FUNCTIONS; GROUND MOTION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GREEN FUNCTION; GROUND MOTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GRENOBLE; ISERE; RHONE-ALPES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 40549128724     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120070075     Document Type: Article

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