Are NEHRP and Earthquake-based site effects in greater Los Angeles compatible?

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-45

  Mahdyiar, Mehrdad ^a  

^a Applied Insurance Research   (United States)

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EID: 0012593716     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.73.1.39     Document Type: Article

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