Current empirical ground-motion prediction equations for Europe and their application to Eurocode 8

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-26

  Bommer, Julian J ^a   Stafford, Peter J ^a   Akkar, Sinan ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Eurocode 8; Europe; Ground motion prediction; Middle East; Peak ground acceleration; Peak ground velocity; Response spectra

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FORECASTING; HAZARDS; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC WAVES;

ATTENUATION; EUROCODE 8; EUROPE; GROUND MOTION PREDICTION; MIDDLE EAST; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; PEAK GROUND VELOCITY; RESPONSE SPECTRA;

MOTION ESTIMATION;

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUND MOTION; PARAMETERIZATION; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; TECTONICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 71549122587     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-009-9122-9     Document Type: Article

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