A survey of techniques for predicting earthquake ground motions for engineering purposes

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 187-220

  Douglas, John ^a   Aochi, Hideo ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Earthquake scenario; Ground motion prediction; Seismic hazard assessment; Strong ground motion

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; FORECASTING; MODELS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SEISMIC DESIGN;

EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; EARTHQUAKE SCENARIO; EARTHQUAKE SOURCES; ENGINEERING DESIGNS; EXISTING METHODS; FAMILY TREES; GROUND MOTIONS; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION; HYBRID METHODS; MOTION PREDICTIONS; PHYSICAL MODELS; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARDS; STRONG GROUND MOTION;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC SURVEY; STRONG MOTION;

EID: 56549098818     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-008-9046-y     Document Type: Article

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