Update of the Chiou and Youngs NGA model for the average horizontal component of peak ground motion and response spectra

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1117-1153

  Chiou, Brian S J ^a   Youngs, Robert R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^b AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING;

ALEATORY VARIABILITY; CRUSTAL EARTHQUAKES; DISTANCE-ATTENUATION; HANGING-WALL EFFECTS; HORIZONTAL GROUND MOTION; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; RUPTURE DIRECTIVITY; SEDIMENT THICKNESS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AMPLITUDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; GROUND MOTION; HANGING WALL; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMICITY; SITE EFFECT; TECTONIC SETTING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903778598     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: 19448201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/072813EQS219M     Document Type: Article

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