Simulated ground motion in Santa Clara Valley, California, and vicinity from M ≥ 6.7 scenario earthquakes

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1243-1271

  Harmsen, Stephen ^a   Hartzell, Stephen ^a   Liu, Pengcheng ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DISPLAY DEVICES; EARTHQUAKES; LANDFORMS; MAPS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SPEED; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WAVES;

(2+1) DIMENSIONS; 3D-VELOCITY; CENOZOIC; DIFFERENT VELOCITY; EDGE EFFECTS; EVERGREEN (CO); FAULT SCENARIOS; FINITE DIFFERENCE (FD); GROUND MOTIONS; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; MAXIMUM DEPTH; PSEUDOSPECTRAL; RISE TIME; RUPTURE VELOCITIES; S OURCE PARAMETERS; SANTA CLARA (CO); SANTA CLARA VALLEY , CALIFORNIA; SEDIMENTARY BASINS; SEISMIC ENERGY; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY (SWV); SOURCE DIRECTIVITY; SOURCE MODELING; WAVE FIELDS; WAVE TRAINS;

VELOCITY;

AMPLITUDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUND MOTION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA CLARA VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

STRAWBERRY CRINKLE VIRUS;

EID: 46149110797     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120060230     Document Type: Article

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