Intensity attenuation for active crustal regions

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 409-433

  Allen, Trevor I ^a   Wald, David J ^b   Worden, C Bruce ^c  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Synergetics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground motion to intensity conversion; Macroseismic intensity attenuation; Site response

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC MOMENT;

EID: 84861966231     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-012-9278-7     Document Type: Article

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