Ground-motion modeling of hayward fault scenario earthquakes, part ii: Simulation of long-period and broadband ground motions

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2945-2977

  Aagaard, Brad T ^a   Graves, Robert W ^b   Rodgers, Arthur ^c   Brocher, Thomas M ^a   Simpson, Robert W ^a   Dreger, Douglas ^d   Anders Petersson, N ^c   Larsen, Shawn C ^c   Ma, Shuo ^e   Jachens, Robert C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAY AREAS; COSEISMIC SLIPS; DIRECTIVITY CORRECTION; FAULT SCENARIOS; GROUND MOTION PREDICTION; GROUND MOTIONS; GROUND-MOTION; MODIFIED MERCALLI INTENSITIES; PEAK ACCELERATION; PEAK VELOCITIES; RISETIMES; RUPTURE DIRECTIVITY; RUPTURE LENGTH; RUPTURE SPEED; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SCENARIO EARTHQUAKES; SCENARIO EVENTS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; SLIP DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL ACCELERATION; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; URBAN AREAS; VELOCITY MODEL;

AMPLIFICATION; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; CREEP; EARTHQUAKES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT; GROUND MOTION; MODELING; URBAN AREA;

CALIFORNIA; HAYWARD; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957737916     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090379     Document Type: Article

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