Regional amplification of ground motion in central Mexico. Results from coda-length magnitude data and preliminary modeling

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 341-355

  Cárdenas, Martín ^a   Chávez García, Francisco J ^a,b   Gusev, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Ctro de Invest Sismica AC   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coda length; Finite difference; Magnitude residual; Path effects; Regional amplification; SH waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001352656     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009738406881     Document Type: Article

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