A scenario study of seismically induced landsliding in seattle using broadband synthetic seismograms

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2971-2992

  Allstadt, Kate ^a   Vidale, John E ^a   Frankel, Arthur D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND FREQUENCY; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS; RUPTURE DIRECTIVITY; SEATTLE , WASHINGTON; SEISMICALLY INDUCED LANDSLIDE; SHALLOW LANDSLIDING; SLOPE DISPLACEMENTS; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM;

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; LANDSLIDES;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS;

BROADBAND DATA; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUND MOTION; LANDSLIDE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOGRAM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84888097019     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120130051     Document Type: Article

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