Analysis of the origins of κ (kappa) to compute hard rock to rock adjustment factors for GMPEs

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2926-2941

  van Houtte, Chris ^a   Drouet, Stéphane ^a,b   Cotton, Fabrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b Geoter International ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT METHOD; AMPLIFICATION FACTORS; CAMPBELL; CONVERSION FACTOR; FOURIER AMPLITUDE SPECTRA; FUNDAMENTAL RESONANT FREQUENCIES; GROUND-MOTION; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS; HARD ROCKS; INVERSION SCHEME; NEW CORRELATIONS; REMAINING COMPONENT; S-WAVE VELOCITY; SHALLOW SOILS; STABLE CONTINENTAL REGIONS; SUPERFICIAL LAYERS; SURFACE SITES;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; EARTHQUAKES; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SHEAR WAVES;

ROCKS;

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GROUND MOTION; HARD ROCK; NUMERICAL MODEL; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 81555199020     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100345     Document Type: Article

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