Understanding the magnitude dependence of PGA and PGV in NGA-West 2 data

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2851-2865

  Baltay, A S ^a   Hanks, T C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EARTHQUAKE SOURCE PARAMETERS; FUNCTIONAL DEPENDENCE; GROUND MOTION MODEL; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY ATTENUATION; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; PEAK GROUND VELOCITY; RANDOM VIBRATION THEORY;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; GROUND MOTION; PEAK ACCELERATION; PREDICTION; SEISMIC DATA;

EID: 84908106060     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120130283     Document Type: Article

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