An analysis of simulated and observed blast records in the Salt Lake Basin

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1061-1076

  Olsen, Kim B ^a,b   Pechmann, James C ^b   Schuster, Gerard T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BLAST; BLASTING; OPEN PIT MINE; RESONANCE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SITE AMPLIFICATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

USA, UTAH, SALT LAKE BASIN;

EID: 0030431650     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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