Ground-motion attenuation model for small-to-moderate shallow crustal earthquakes in California and its implications on regionalization of ground-motion prediction models

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 907-926

  Chiou, Brian ^a   Youngs, Robert ^b   Abrahamson, Norman ^c   Addo, Kofi ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^b AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

^c PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^d BC HYDRO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FORECASTING; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; TECTONICS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CRUSTAL EARTHQUAKES; GROUND-MOTION ATTENUATIONS; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION MODELS; LARGE EARTHQUAKES; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA;

MOTION ESTIMATION;

EID: 78650077454     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.3479930     Document Type: Article

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