Site response for urban Los Angeles using aftershocks of the Northridge earthquake

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 1 SUPPL. B, 1996, Pages

  Hartzell, Stephen ^a   Leeds, Alena ^a   Frankel, Arthur ^a   Michael, John ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE 1994; SEISMIC HAZARD; SITE RESPONSE; STRONG GROUND MOTION; URBAN ENVIRONMENT;

USA, CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES;

EID: 0030454298     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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