Modelling directivity of strong ground motion with a fractal, k-2, kinematic source model

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 226-244

  Ruiz, J A ^a,b   Baumont, D ^b   Bernard, P ^a   Berge Thierry, C ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Earthquake ground motions; Theoretical seismology

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROGRAMS; BROAD BANDS; COEFFICIENT C; DIRECTIVITY; DIRECTIVITY EFFECT; EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDES; EMPIRICAL ATTENUATION; FAR-FIELD; FRACTAL DISTRIBUTION; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; GROUND MOTION PARAMETERS; GROUND MOTIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH-FREQUENCY RADIATION; NEAR-FAULT; NUCLEATION POINTS; RUPTURE VELOCITIES; SLIP MODEL; SOURCE MODELS; SPACE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL AMPLITUDE; STANDARD DEVIATION; STRONG GROUND MOTION; STRONG-MOTION; THEORETICAL SEISMOLOGY; WAVEFIELDS;

CRACKS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GRAPHIC METHODS; KINEMATICS; NUCLEATION;

FRACTALS;

ACCELEROMETER; AMPLITUDE; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GREEN FUNCTION; GROUND MOTION; KINEMATICS; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRONG MOTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 79959273970     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05000.x     Document Type: Article

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