Variability of site response in the Los Angeles urban area

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1377-1400

  Hartzell, Stephen ^a   Cranswick, Edward ^a   Frankel, Arthur ^a   Carver, David ^a   Meremonte, Mark ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMICITY; SITE RESPONSE; URBAN SITE;

USA, CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES;

EID: 0031448696     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/bssa0870061377     Document Type: Article

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