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creators_name: Douglas, John
creators_name: Aochi, Hideo
creators_id: j.douglas@brgm.fr
creators_id: 
corp_creators: ARN/RIS, BRGM, BP 36009, 3 Avenue C. Guillemin, 45060 Orleans Cedex 2, France
title: A Survey of Techniques for Predicting Earthquake Ground Motions for Engineering Purposes
ispublished: pub
subjects: MP3_2
divisions: EPOS-P
full_text_status: none
keywords: Earthquake, Earthquake scenario, Seismic hazard assessment,
Strong ground motion, Ground-motion prediction
abstract: Over the past four or five decades many advances have been made in earthquake ground-motion prediction and a variety of procedures have been proposed. Some of
these procedures are based on explicit physical models of the earthquake source, travelpath and recording site while others lack a strong physical basis and seek only to replicate
observations. In addition, there are a number of hybrid methods that seek to combine
benefits of different approaches. The various techniques proposed have their adherents and
some of them are extensively used to estimate ground motions for engineering design
purposes and in seismic hazard research. These methods all have their own advantages and
limitations that are not often discussed by their proponents. The purposes of this article are
to: summarise existing methods and the most important references, provide a family tree
showing the connections between different methods and, most importantly, to discuss the
advantages and disadvantages of each method.
date: 2008-10-10
date_type: published
publication: Surveys in Geophysics
volume: 29
number: 3
publisher: Springer Verlag
pagerange: 187-220
id_number: doi:10.1007/s10712-008-9046-y
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0169-3298
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10712-008-9046-y
access_IS-EPOS: limited
owner: Publisher
citation:   Douglas, John and Aochi, Hideo  (2008) A Survey of Techniques for Predicting Earthquake Ground Motions for Engineering Purposes.  Surveys in Geophysics, 29 (3).  pp. 187-220. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-008-9046-y <https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-008-9046-y>