Distribution of pseudo spectral velocity during the Northridge, California, earthquake of 17 January 1994

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 173-192

  Todorovska, M I ^a   Trifunac, M D ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Contour maps; Effects of geology; Northridge earthquake; Response spectra; Strong ground motion

Indexed keywords

DATA RECORDING; MAPS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY;

CONTOUR MAPS; MOTION RECORDING; PSEUDO RELATIVE VELOCITY SPECTRUM;

EARTHQUAKES;

ATTENUATION; CONTOUR MAP; GROUND MOTION; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE 1994; RESPONSE SPECTRA;

EID: 0031126637     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0267-7261(96)00045-0     Document Type: Article

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