An empirical spectral ground-motion model for Iran

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 499-515

  Ghasemi, H ^a,b   Zare, M ^b   Fukushima, Y ^c   Koketsu, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY IIEES   (Iran)

^c SHIMIZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Iran; Seismic hazard analysis; Spectral attenuation relation

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 68349092670     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-008-9143-x     Document Type: Article

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