Predictions of shear-wave velocities in southern California using surface geology

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 677-685

  Park, Stephen ^a   Elrick, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SURFACE GEOLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; USA;

EID: 0031755973     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/bssa0880030677     Document Type: Article

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