Broadband simulations for Mw 7.8 southern san andreas earthquakes: Ground motion sensitivity to rupture speed

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Graves, Robert W ^a   Aagaard, Brad T ^b   Hudnut, Kenneth W ^b   Star, Lisa M ^c   Stewart, Jonathan P ^c   Jordan, Thomas H ^d  

^a URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SPEED; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BROADBAND SIMULATIONS; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE PROCESS; FAULT SETS; GROUND MOTIONS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING RESOURCES; LOS ANGELES; PEAK GROUND VELOCITIES; RUPTURE SPEED; SAN ANDREAS FAULTS; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITIES; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GROUND MOTION; KINEMATICS; S-WAVE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC HAZARD;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60149093751     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035750     Document Type: Article

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