Site effects in Mexico City urban zone. A complementary study

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-146

  Chavez Garcia, Francisco J ^a,b   Cuenca, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Ctro de Invest Sismica AC   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dominant period; Mexico city conurbation; Microtremors; Site effects

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; CLAY; EARTHQUAKES; GEOLOGY; MAPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOGRAPHS; URBAN PLANNING; ZONING;

DOMINANT PERIOD; GROUND MOTION; MEXICO CITY; MICROTREMORS; MICROZONATION; SEISMIC RISK; SITE EFFECTS;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

AMPLIFICATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC RISK; SITE EFFECT;

MEXICO, MEXICO CITY;

EID: 0029668601     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0267-7261(95)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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