Predicted ground motions for great interface earthquakes in the Cascadia Subduction zone

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1552-1578

  Atkinson, Gail M ^a   Macias, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION FACTORS; ATTENUATION ,; ATTENUATION CHARACTERISTICS; ATTENUATION MODEL; BEST ESTIMATES; CALIBRATED MODEL; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; FAULT MODEL; GROUND CONDITIONS; GROUND MOTION PARAMETERS; GROUND MOTIONS; GROUND-MOTION; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS; GROUND-MOTION SIMULATION; INPUT PARAMETER; ME-XICO; MEAN VALUES; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; ON-LINE MATERIALS; REFERENCE SITES; RESPONSE SPECTRA; SEATTLE; SIMULATED RESPONSE; SITE CONDITIONS; SPECTRAL AMPLITUDE; SPECTRAL CONTENT; STRESS DROP; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TIME HISTORY; TOKACHI;

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKES; SIMULATORS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

CALIBRATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUND CONDITIONS; GROUND MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC SOURCE; STOCHASTICITY; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; VANCOUVER; VANCOUVER ISLAND; VICTORIA [VANCOUVER ISLAND]; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 69549088502     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080147     Document Type: Article

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