Ground motion modeling in the near-source regime: A barrier model

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-30

  Tsai, Chu Chuan Peter ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Barrier; Ground motion; Near source; Seismic hazard

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012546137     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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