Three-dimensional seismic wave propagation by modal summation: Method and validation

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 201-216

  La Mura, C ^a   Yanovskaya, T B ^b   Romanelli, F ^a   Panza, G F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D models; Modal summation; Ray method

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; GROUND MOTIONS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; MODAL SUMMATION; MODEL-BASED; RAY THEORY; RAY-METHOD; RECORDED SIGNALS; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMIC RISK; SEISMIC WAVEFIELDS; SYNTHETIC SIGNALS; THREE COMPONENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL VELOCITY;

EARTHQUAKES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC WAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC WAVE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO;

EID: 79953025409     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0165-2     Document Type: Article

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