A comparison of direct S-wave and coda-wave site amplification determined from aftershocks of the little skull mountain earthquake

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1006-1018

  Su, Feng ^a   Anderson, John G ^a   Brune, James N ^a   Zeng, Yuehua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; AMPLIFICATION; CODA WAVE; EARTHQUAKE; LITTLE SKULL MOUNTAIN EARTHQUAKE 1992; S WAVE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE EFFECT;

USA, NEVADA;

EID: 0030439542     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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