Modelling of ground motion in the Higashinada (Kobe) area for an aftershock of the 1995 January 17 Hyogo-ken Nanbu, Japan, earthquake

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 231-239

  Pitarka, Arben ^a   Irikura, Kojiro ^b   Iwata, Tomotaka ^b  

^a Woodward Clyde Federal Services   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Sedimentary basin; Strong ground motion; Surface waves; Synthetic seismograms

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; KOBE EARTHQUAKE 1995; SITE EFFECT;

EID: 0031413222     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01218.x     Document Type: Article

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