Site amplifications for generic rock sites

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 327-341

  Boore, David M ^a   Joyner, William B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ATTENUATION; BOREHOLE DATA; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SITE EFFECT; SITE EFFECTS;

EID: 0031473369     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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