Localized amplification of seismic waves and correlation with damage due to the Northridge earthquake: Evidence for focusing in Santa Monica

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

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

  Gao, S ^a   Liu, H ^a   Davis, P M ^a   Knopoff, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; FOCUSSING; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE 1994; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SAN FERNANDO VALLEY; USA, CALIFORNIA, SANTA MONICA;

EID: 0030482137     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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