Strong motion observations and recordings from the great Wenchuan Earthquake

Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-246

  Li, Xiaojun ^a   Zhou, Zhenghua ^a   Yu, Haiyin ^a   Wen, Ruizhi ^a   Lu, Dawei ^b   Huang, Moh ^c   Zhou, Yongnian ^a   Cu, Jianwen ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b National Earthquake Infrastructure Service   (China)

^c CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Yunnan Provincial Earthquake Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Mobile observation; Observation array; PGA; Strong motion observation network; Strong motion record; Wenchuan Earthquake

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; EARTHQUAKES; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROGRAMMED CONTROL SYSTEMS; SEISMOLOGY;

GROUND MOTIONS; MAIN SHOCKS; MOBILE INSTRUMENTS; MOBILE OBSERVATION; NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; NETWORK SYSTEMS; OBSERVATION ARRAY; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; PGA; STRONG MOTION; STRONG MOTION OBSERVATION NETWORK; STRONG MOTION RECORD; STRUCTURAL RESPONSES; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

NETWORK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 52649110621     PISSN: 16713664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11803-008-0892-x     Document Type: Article

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