Implications of the Northridge earthquake for strong ground motions from thrust faults

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

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

  Somerville, Paul ^a   Saikia, Chandan ^a   Wald, David ^b   Graves, Robert ^a  

^a Woodward Clyde Federal Services   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIUM; ATTENUATION; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE 1994; PEAK ACCELERATION; STRONG GROUND MOTION; THRUST;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030470520     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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