Real-time estimation of fault rupture extent using envelopes of acceleration

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 607-619

  Yamada, Masumi ^a   Heaton, Thomas H ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; TECTONICS;

AZIMUTHAL ANGLE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT RUPTURE; GROUND MOTION;

SEISMIC RESPONSE;

AZIMUTH; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FAULT GEOMETRY; GROUND MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; REAL TIME; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 42649090082     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120060218     Document Type: Article

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