On the coherence of ground motion in the San Fernando valley

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1724-1732

  Hough, S E ^a   Field, E H ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL SEDIMENT; ALLUVIAL VALLEY; COHERENCE; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC SCATTERING; SITE EFFECT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SAN FERNANDO VALLEY;

EID: 0030423293     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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