The variability of PSV response spectra across a dense array deployed during the Northridge aftershock sequence

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 243-257

  Field, Edward H ^a   Hough, Susan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FERNANDO VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

ARRAYS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AMPLIFICATION FACTORS; PSEUDO VELOCITY (PSV) RESPONSE SPECTRA;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 0031143483     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.1585944     Document Type: Article

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