A 3-D hybrid finite-difference - Finite-element viscoelastic modelling of seismic wave motion

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 153-184

  Galis, Martin ^a,b   Moczo, Peter ^a,b   Kristek, J ^a,b  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Computational seismology; Earthquake dynamics; Numerical solutions; Site effects; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUND MOTION; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; SITE EFFECT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 53549095687     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03866.x     Document Type: Article

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