Seismological Research Letters

Volume 68 - Number 1 - January/February 1997

 

Articles
 
Overview
Norman A. Abrahamson and Kaye M. Shedlock
 
9
Some Comparisons Between Recent Ground-Motion Relations
Gail M. Atkinson and David M. Boore
 
24
Model of Strong Ground Motions from Earthquakes in Central and Eastern North America: Best Estimates and Uncertainties
Gabriel R. Toro, Norman A. Abrahamson, and John F. Schneider
 
41
Strong Ground Motion Attenuation Relationships for Subduction Zone Earthquakes
R. R. Youngs, S.-J. Chiou, W. J. Silva, and J. R. Humphrey
 
58
Stochastic Point-Source Modeling of Ground Motions in the Cascadia Region
Gail M. Atkinson and David M. Boore
 
74
Nonparametric Description of Peak Acceleration above a Subduction Thrust
John G. Anderson
 
86
Empirical Response Spectral Attenuation Relations for Shallow Crustal Earthquakes
N. A. Abrahamson and W. J. Silva
 
94
Equations for Estimating Horizontal Response Spectra and Peak Acceleration from Western North American Earthquakes: A Summary of Recent Work
David M. Boore, William B. Joyner, and Thomas E. Fumal
 
128
Empirical Near-source Attenuation Relationships for Horizontal and Vertical Components of Peak Ground Acceleration, Peak Ground Velocity, and Pseudo-absolute Acceleration Response Spectra
Kenneth W. Campbell
 
154
Attenuation Relationships for Shallow Crustal Earthquakes Based on California Strong-motion Data
K. Sadigh, C.-Y. Chang, J. A. Egan, F. Makdisi, and R. R. Youngs
 
180
SEA96: A New Predictive Relation for Earthquake Ground Motions in Extensional Tectonic Regimes
P. Spudich, J. B. Fletcher, M. Hellweg, J. Boatwright, C. Sullivan, W. B. Joyner, T. C. Hanks, D. M. Boore, A. McGarr, L. M. Baker, and A. G. Lindh
 
190
Modification of Empirical Strong Ground-motion Attenuation Relations to Include the Amplitude and Duration Effects of Rupture Directivity
Paul G. Somerville, Nancy F. Smith, Robert W. Graves, and Norman A. Abrahamson
 
 
199


 
OPINION
Don't Call It Stress Drop
Gail M. Atkinson and Igor Beresnev
 
3
Letters5
 
News & Notes
  • James N. Brune to Receive SSA Medal
  • National Science Foundation Funds IRIS-2000
  • Stanford-CUREe Symposium in Honor of Haresh C. Shah
  • ATC Releases ATC-35 Report
  • EERI/FEMA Professional Fellowship Awarded
  • AGI Joins IUGS as Affiliated Member
  • AGI Awards Minority Geoscience Scholarships
  • SWE Announces 1997 Spring Scholarship Program
6
ELECTRONIC SEISMOLOGIST
  • The IDA Near Real Time System. Guest Columnists: Jonathan Berger and David Chavez
223
New Books and Media228
 
SSA 1997 Annual Meeting231
 
SSA 1996 Annual Meeting
  • Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors
  • SSA 1996 Annual Meeting--Report of the Sectretary
  • Financial Statments
237
Meeting Calendar 251
 
Membership Information 253
 
Subscription Information 255