Ground Motion Prediction Equations in the San Jacinto Fault Zone: Significant Effects of Rupture Directivity and Fault Zone Amplification

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 171, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3045-3081

  Kurzon, I ^a,d   Vernon, F L ^a   Ben Zion, Y ^b   Atkinson, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

directivity effects; engineering seismology; fault zone amplification; Local GMPEs; regression analysis; San Jacinto fault zone

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DIRECTIVITY EFFECT; ENGINEERING SEISMOLOGIES; FAULT ZONE; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS; LOCAL GMPES; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; REGRESSION TECHNIQUES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

MOTION ESTIMATION;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EQUATION; FAULT ZONE; GROUND MOTION; PEAK ACCELERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEISMOLOGY;

SAN JACINTO FAULT ZONE;

EID: 84906096468     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-014-0855-2     Document Type: Article

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