Locally generated surface waves in Santa Clara Valley: Analysis of observations and numerical simulation

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-63

  Pei, Duoli ^a   Papageorgiou, Apostolos S ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin response; Earthquake engineering; Seismology; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BASIN RESPONSE; BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATION METHOD; DURATION OF MOTION; EARTHQUAKE GRAND MOTIONS; MORGAN HILL; SANTA CLARA VALLEY; SEISMIC REFRACTION;

SURFACE WAVES;

BASIN RESPONSE; LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE 1989; LOVE WAVE; MORGAN HILL EARTHQUAKE 1984; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SURFACE WAVE; VALLEY INDUCED SEISMIC WAVE;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SANTA CLARA VALLEY;

EID: 0029669303     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199601)25:1<47::AID-EQE535>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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