Modeling velocity recordings of the mw 6.0 south napa, California, earthquake: Unilateral event with weak high-frequency directivity

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 2-14

  Gallovič, František ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES;

DIRECTIVITY EFFECT; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LOW-FREQUENCY DATA; PARTICULAR DISTRIBUTION; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; RUPTURE PROPAGATION;

FAULTING;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; MODELING; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRONG MOTION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NAPA COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84954232518     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0220150042     Document Type: Article

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