Strong ground motion characteristics observed in the 4 September 2010 Darfield, New Zealand earthquake

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-46

  Bradley, Brendon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN-EDGE; DIRECTIVITY EFFECT; EMPIRICAL PREDICTION MODELS; GROUND MOTIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY; MULTIPLE FAULTS; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; RESPONSE SPECTRA; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SITE RESPONSE; SOURCE FEATURES; STRONG GROUND MOTION; STRONG MOTION; VERTICAL COMPONENT;

SEISMIC DESIGN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AMPLITUDE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GROUND MOTION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC SOURCE;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CHRISTCHURCH [CANTERBURY]; DARFIELD; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84862637063     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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