Amplification of SH waves by an orthotropic basin

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-257

  Zheng, Tao ^a   Dravinski, Marijan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic basin; Site response

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKES; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SETTLING TANKS;

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; ORTHOTROPIC SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SURFACE DISPLACEMENT AMPLIFICATION PATTERNS;

SEISMIC WAVES;

SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC R RESPONSE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE RESPONSE;

EID: 0032031922     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199803)27:3<243::AID-EQE727>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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