Chapter 16 On the Random Nature of Earthquake Sources and Ground Motions: a Unified Theory

Advances in Geophysics

Volumn 50, Issue , 2008, Pages 427-461

  Lavallée, Daniel ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Earthquake; ground motion; L vy law; random model; source model

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; PEAK ACCELERATION; SEISMIC SOURCE; SLIP RATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 57949112240     PISSN: 00652687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2687(08)00016-2     Document Type: Review

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