Determination of site amplification in the Los Angeles urban area from inversion of strong-motion records

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 866-887

  Harmsen, Stephen C ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; GROUND FAILURE; INVERSION; SITE AMPLIFICATION; STRONG GROUND MOTION;

USA, CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES;

EID: 0031424027     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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