Equations for estimating horizontal response spectra and peak acceleration from western North American earthquakes: A summary of recent work

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 128-153

  Boore, David M ^a   Joyner, William B ^a   Fumal, Thomas E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE SPECTRA; EQUATIONS; GROUND MOTION; HORIZONTAL RESPONSE SPECTRA; PEAK ACCELERATION; SEISMIC HAZARD;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030953425     PISSN: 00128287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.68.1.128     Document Type: Article

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