Effects of 3D random correlated velocity perturbations on predicted ground motions

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1415-1426

  Hartzell, Stephen ^a   Harmsen, Stephen ^a   Frankel, Arthur ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION LENGTHS; FAULT RUPTURES; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FREQUENCY RANGES; GROUND MOTIONS; GROUND VELOCITY; GROUND-MOTION; SAN FRANCISCO; SEISMIC VELOCITY MODELS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STRONG-MOTION DATA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); VELOCITY PERTURBATION;

STATISTICS; VELOCITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUND MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRONG MOTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955331018     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090060     Document Type: Article

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