Identification of high frequency pulses from earthquake asperities along Chilean subduction zone using strong motion

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 125-139

  Ruiz, S ^a,b   Kausel, E ^a   Campos, J ^a   Saragoni, G R ^a   Madariaga, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; CENTRAL CHILE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EPICENTRAL DISTANCES; HIGH-FREQUENCY PULSE; INTERPLATE EARTHQUAKES; PRINCIPAL FACTORS; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SHORTEST DISTANCE; SOURCE TIME FUNCTIONS; STRONG MOTION; STRONG MOTION DATUM; STRONG MOTION RECORDS; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SEISMIC DESIGN;

ASPERITY; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOLOGY; STRONG MOTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THRUST;

CHILE;

EID: 79953025234     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0117-x     Document Type: Article

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