Strong ground motions-have we seen the worst?

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2613-2637

  Strasser, Fleur O ^a   Bommer, Julian J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND MOTIONS; GROUND-MOTION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STRONG GROUND MOTION; STRONG-MOTION; STRONG-MOTION DATA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

SAMPLING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GROUND MOTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; STRONG MOTION;

EID: 70349866507     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080300     Document Type: Review

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