The recently compiled Turkish strong motion database: Preliminary investigation for seismological parameters

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 457-479

  Akkar, Sinan ^a   Çaǧnan, Zehra ^a   Yenier, Emrah ^a   Erdoǧan, Özgür ^a   Sandikkaya, M Abdullah ^a   Gülkan, Polat ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Magnitude scaling relationships; Site to source distance metrics; Strong motion data processing; Turkish European strong motion data

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; MOMENT TENSOR; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRONG MOTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 77953721161     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-009-9176-9     Document Type: Article

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