Site-specific seismic hazard analysis for Calabrian dam site using regionally customized seismic source and ground motion models

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 94, Issue , 2017, Pages 179-192

  Zimmaro, Paolo ^a   Stewart, Jonathan P ^a  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Calabrian arc; Global ground motion models; Maximum magnitude; Site specific probabilistic seismic hazard analysis; Source characterization

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; FAULTING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMOLOGY;

CALABRIAN ARC; GROUND MOTION MODEL; MAXIMUM MAGNITUDES; PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION;

HAZARDS;

BUILDING CODE; DAM; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GROUND MOTION; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE INVESTIGATION;

CALABRIAN ARC; ITALY;

EID: 85010369285     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2017.01.014     Document Type: Article

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