Rupture process of the M 7.9 Denali fault, Alaska, earthquake: Subevents, directivity, and scaling of high-frequency ground motions

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 6 SUPPL. B, 2004, Pages

  Frankel, Arthur ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCIES; GLACIERS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; SHEAR WAVES; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ACCELERATION SPECTRA; DENALI FAULT EARTHQUAKE; RUPTURE PROCESS; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITIES;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; GREEN FUNCTION; GROUND MOTION;

EID: 5744254322     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040612     Document Type: Article

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