Site Response as a Function of Near-Surface Geology in the South Iceland Seismic Zone

Natural Hazards

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 139-164

  Atakan, K ^a   Brandsdottir B ^b   Halldorsson P ^c   Fridleifsson, G O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^d National Energy Authority Reykjavik   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Seismic hazard; Site response; South Iceland lowland; Spectral ratio

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC RISK; SITE EFFECT;

ICELAND;

EID: 0030694085     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007902419241     Document Type: Article

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