Directivity correction for the next generation attenuation (NGA) relations

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 525-559

  Rowshandel, Badie ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; GEOMETRY;

CORRECTION TERMS; DIRECTIVITY CORRECTION; DIRECTIVITY EFFECT; FAULT SURFACES; GROUND MOTIONS; LARGE EARTHQUAKES; NEAR SOURCES; NGA DATABASE;

EARTHQUAKES;

DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PLANE; GROUND MOTION;

EID: 77958487356     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.3381043     Document Type: Article

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