Strong ground-motion relations for Mexican interplate earthquakes

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 769-785

  Arroyo, Danny ^a   García, Daniel ^b   Ordaz, Mario ^b   Mora, Mauricio Alexander ^b   Singh, Shri Krishna ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA AZCAPOTZALCO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ground motion model; SA spectra; Subduction zone interplate earthquakes

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEISMIC HAZARD; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRONG MOTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WAVE ATTENUATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 77957230099     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-010-9200-0     Document Type: Article

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