3D simulations of M 7 earthquakes on the Wasatch fault, Utah, part I: Long-period (0-1 Hz) ground motion

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2045-2063

  Roten, D ^a,d   Olsen, K B ^a   Magistrale, H ^a   Pechmann, J C ^b   Cruz Atienza, V M ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; 3D SIMULATIONS; ATTENUATION MODEL; BASIN-EDGE; FINITE DIFFERENCE; GROUND MOTIONS; LOW-VELOCITY; NORMAL FAULTS; RUPTURE PROCESS; SALT LAKE CITY; SALT LAKES; SOURCE MODELS; SPECTRAL ACCELERATION; VELOCITY MODEL; VERTICAL FAULT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EARTHQUAKES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LAKES; SHEAR STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUND MOTION; NORMAL FAULT; NUCLEATION; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR STRESS; SLIP RATE; STRESS FIELD; WAVE PROPAGATION;

UNITED STATES; UTAH; WASATCH FAULT ZONE;

EID: 80053206057     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120110031     Document Type: Article

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