Analysis of spectral ratios for estimating ground motion in deep basins

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 646-654

  Dravinski, M ^a   Ding, G ^a   Wen, K L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE SPECTRA; GROUND MOTION; NAKAMURA'S METHOD; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SITE EFFECT; SPECTRAL RATIO;

EID: 0030442068     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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