Correlation patterns in characteristics of spatially variable seismic ground motions

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-39

  Zerva, A ^a   Zhang, O ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude and phase variability correlation patterns; Coherent component; Dense instrument arrays; Seismic ground motions; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC WAVES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

DENSE INSTRUMENT ARRAYS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

AMPLITUDE; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

TAIWAN, LOTUNG;

EID: 0030955531     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199701)26:1<19::AID-EQE620>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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