A preliminary study on the near-source strong-motion characteristics of the great 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 5 B, 2010, Pages 2491-2507

  Lu, Ming ^a   Li, Xiao Jun ^a   An, Xiao Wen ^a   Zhao, John X ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHI-CHI , TAIWAN; DAMAGED AREA; DESIGN CODES; DESIGN SPECTRUM; EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS; GREAT EARTHQUAKE; HUMAN LIVES; LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKES; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; NORMAL DIRECTION; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKES; RESPONSE SPECTRA; RUPTURE TIME; SLIP DISTRIBUTION; STRONG GROUND MOTION; STRONG-MOTION; SURFACE FAULTS; TIME WINDOWS; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

EARTHQUAKES;

DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GROUND MOTION; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SITE EFFECT; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRONG MOTION;

CHINA; SICHUAN; WENCHUAN;

EID: 78149482244     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090132     Document Type: Article

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