Selection of ground motion prediction equations for the global earthquake model

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-45

  Stewart, Jonathan P ^a   Douglas, John ^b   Javanbarg, Mohammad ^c,d   Bozorgnia, Yousef ^d   Abrahamson, Norman A ^e   Boore, David M ^f   Campbell, Kenneth W ^g   Delavaud, Elise ^h   Erdik, Mustafa ⁱ   Stafford, Peter J ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c AIG   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g EQECAT   (United States)

^h ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

DISTANCE-ATTENUATION; EARTHQUAKE MODELING; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; GROUND MOTION INTENSITY MEASURES; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SELECTION PROCEDURES; STABLE CONTINENTAL REGIONS;

MOTION ESTIMATION;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC HAZARD;

EID: 84922724446     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: 19448201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/013013EQS017M     Document Type: Article

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