Ground motion studies for microzonation in Iran

Natural Hazards

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 481-505

  Shafiee, Ali ^a   Kamalian, Mohsen ^a   Jafari, Mohammad Kazem ^a   Hamzehloo, Hossein ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY IIEES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Microzonation; Peak ground acceleration; Seismic hazard analysis; Site response analysis

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; NATURAL HAZARD; PEAK ACCELERATION; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; S-WAVE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMOTECTONICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBAN AREA; WAVE VELOCITY;

IRAN;

EID: 80052302214     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9772-1     Document Type: Article

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