Empirical analysis of path effects on prediction equations of pseudo-velocity response spectra in northern Japan

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 443-461

  Dhakal, Yadab P ^a   Takai, Nobuo ^a   Sasatani, Tsutomu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anelastic attenuation; Path effect; Q value; Response spectra; Volcanic front

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; ERRORS; FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

ANELASTIC ATTENUATION; BACK-ARC; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYPOCENTRAL DISTANCE; MANTLE WEDGE; NATURAL PERIOD; PREDICTION EQUATIONS; Q-VALUES; QUALITY FACTORS; RESPONSE SPECTRA; SHORT PERIODS; SPECTRAL INVERSION; STANDARD ERRORS; STRONG MOTION RECORDS; VELOCITY RESPONSE;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; STRONG MOTION;

JAPAN;

EID: 77952911618     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.952     Document Type: Article

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