Near-surface attenuation and site effects from comparison of surface and deep borehole recordings

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 731-744

  Abercrombie, Rachel E ^a,b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ATTENUATION; BOREHOLE; CODA; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE SPECTRA; SEISMIC WAVE; SITE EFFECT; SITE EFFECTS;

USA, CALIFORNIA, CAJON PASS;

EID: 0031436183     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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