Effects of the hanging wall and footwall on ground motions recorded during the Northridge earthquake

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

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

  Abrahamson, N A ^a   Somerville, P G ^b  

^a Woodward Clyde Federal Services ^*  (United States)

^b Woodward Clyde Federal Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT GEOMETRY; FOOTWALL; GROUND MOTION; HANGING WALL; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE 1994;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030482599     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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