Influence of the 3D distribution of Q and crustal structure on ground motions from the 2003 Mw 7.2 Fiordland, New Zealand, Earthquake

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1225-1240

  Eberhart Phillips, Donna ^a,b   McVerry, Graeme ^b   Reyners, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MODELS; ACCELERATION RESPONSE SPECTRUMS; ANELASTIC ATTENUATION; ATTENUATION MODEL; ATTENUATION RATE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DISTRIBUTED SITES; GROUND MOTIONS; NEW ZEALAND; RESPONSE SPECTRAL ACCELERATION; SHALLOW EARTHQUAKES; SOUTH ISLAND; STRONG-MOTION; SUBDUCTION INTERFACE EARTHQUAKES; THE STANDARD MODEL;

EARTHQUAKES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GROUND MOTION; MOHO; Q FACTOR; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

FIORDLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

EID: 77952610153     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090148     Document Type: Article

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