Simulation of long-period ground motion in the Osaka sedimentary basin: Performance estimation and the basin structure effects

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1062-1076

  Iwaki, Asako ^a   Iwata, Tomotaka ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquake ground motion; Site effects; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTH; BEDROCK; CODA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUND MOTION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SITE EFFECT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; OSAKA BASIN;

EID: 77953085112     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04556.x     Document Type: Article

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