A Method for including path effects in ground-motion prediction equations: An example using the Mw 9.0 Tohoku earthquake aftershocks

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 2 B, 2013, Pages 1360-1372

  Dawood, Haitham M ^a   Rodriguez Marek, Adrian ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION RATE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STRONG GROUND MOTION; STRONG-MOTION DATA; TECTONIC REGIONS; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKES;

VOLCANOES;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

AFTERSHOCK; CORRELATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; GROUND MOTION; STRONG MOTION; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84877282821     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120120125     Document Type: Article

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