Comparisons among the five ground-motion models developed using RESORCE for the prediction of response spectral accelerations due to earthquakes in Europe and the Middle East

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 341-358

  Douglas, John ^a   Akkar, Sinan ^b   Ameri, Gabriele ^c   Bard, Pierre Yves ^d   Bindi, Dino ^f   Bommer, Julian J ^g   Bora, Sanjay Singh ^h   Cotton, Fabrice ^d   Derras, Boumédiène ^d,e   Hermkes, Marcel ^h   Kuehn, Nicolas Martin ^h   Luzi, Lucia ⁱ   Massa, Marco ⁱ   Pacor, Francesca ⁱ   Riggelsen, Carsten ^h   Sandıkkaya, Ma Abdullah ^b,d   Scherbaum, Frank ^h   Stafford, Peter J ^g   Traversa, Paola ^j  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TLEMCEN   (Algeria)

^f GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

ⁱ ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^j EDF R AND D   (France)

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Author keywords

Aleatory variability; Epistemic uncertainty; Europe; Ground motion models; Ground motion prediction equations; Middle East; Site amplification; Strong motion data; Style of faulting

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FAULTING; FORECASTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALEATORY VARIABILITY; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; EUROPE; GROUND MOTION MODEL; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS; MIDDLE EAST; SITE AMPLIFICATION; STRONG MOTION DATUM;

MOTION ESTIMATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAULTING; GROUND MOTION; PEAK ACCELERATION; PREDICTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EUROPE; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 84901028832     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-013-9522-8     Document Type: Article

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