Single-station standard deviation analysis of 2010-2012 strong-motion data from the Canterbury region, New Zealand

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1617-1632

  Chen, Longwei ^a,b   Faccioli, Ezio ^b  

^a Institute of Engineering Mechanics   (China)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Christchurch earthquakes; GMPE; New Zealand strong motion data; Non ergodic SHA; Single station standard deviation; Site term; Spectrum amplification factor

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION FACTORS; GMPE; NON-ERGODIC SHA; SITE TERM; STANDARD DEVIATION; STRONG-MOTION DATA;

STATISTICS;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

ACCELERATION; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUND MOTION; PREDICTION; SPECTRUM; STANDARD (REFERENCE); STRONG MOTION;

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

EID: 84884137490     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-013-9454-3     Document Type: Article

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