Verifying a computational method for predicting extreme ground motion

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 638-644

  Harris, R A ^a   Barall, M ^a,b   Andrews, D J ^a   Duan, B ^b   Ma, S ^c   Dunham, E M ^d   Gabriel, A A ^e   Kaneko, Y ^f   Kase, Y ^g   Aagaard, B T ^a   Oglesby, D D ^h   Ampuero, J P ⁱ   Hanks, T C ^a   Abrahamson, N ^j  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Invisible Software ^*  (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Geol Survey Japan   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D SIMULATIONS; CODE VERIFICATION; COMPUTER CODES; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GROUND MOTIONS; GROUND-MOTION SIMULATION; SEISMOLOGICAL DATA; TESTING MECHANISM; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EARTHQUAKES; FORECASTING; LANDFORMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EXTREME EVENT; GROUND MOTION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PREDICTION; SEISMOLOGY;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 80052502530     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.82.5.638     Document Type: Article

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