Attenuation characteristics of ground motions in northern China

Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 161-166

  Wong, Yuk Lung ^a   Zhao, John X ^b   Luo, Qifeng ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attenuation model; Northern China; Response spectra; Strong ground motions; Western US

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ATTENUATION MODEL; NORTHERN CHINA; RESPONSE SPECTRA; STRONG GROUND MOTIONS; WESTERN US;

TECTONICS;

EID: 4544351696     PISSN: 16713664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11803-002-0062-5     Document Type: Article

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