Effects of topography on seismic-wave propagation: An example from Northern Taiwan

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 314-325

  Lee, Shiann Jong ^a   Komatitsch, Dimitri ^b,d   Huang, Bor Shouh ^a   Tromp, Jeroen ^c,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FLUID DYNAMICS; LANDFORMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SETTLING TANKS; SURFACE WAVES; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER WAVES;

BODY WAVES; COMPLEX INTERACTIONS; COMPLEX SHAPES; EARTHQUAKE SCENARIOS; GROUND MOTIONS; HALF SPACES; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; LYING AREAS; MOUNTAIN RANGES; MOUNTAINOUS AREAS; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NORTHEAST COAST OF TAIWAN; NORTHERN TAIWAN; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PEAK GROUND VELOCITIES; RUPTURE PROCESS; SEDIMENTARY BASINS; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SHALLOW EARTHQUAKES; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; GROUND MOTION; HALF SPACE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; SHAKING TABLE TEST; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 60649100887     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080020     Document Type: Article

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