Investigating strong ground-motion variability using analysis of variance and two-way-fit plots

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 389-405

  Douglas, John ^a   Gehl, Pierre ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Ground motion prediction equations(GMPEs); Site effects; Source effects; Strong motion data; Two way fit plots

Indexed keywords

MODAL ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); GROUND MOTION VARIABILITY; GROUND MOTIONS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; STRONG-MOTION RECORDS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA);

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EARTHQUAKE; EQUATION; GROUND MOTION; MODELING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SITE EFFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MOLISE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY; UMBRIA-MARCHE BASIN;

EID: 47949089583     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-008-9063-8     Document Type: Article

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