On the use of microtremor recordings in seismic microzonation

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 465-474

  Bour, M ^a   Fouissac, D ^a   Dominique, P ^a   Martin, C ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

H V spectral ratio; Microtremor measurements; Microzonation; Nogoshi Nakamura method; Site effects

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SOIL MECHANICS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; ZONING;

MICROTREMOR MEASUREMENTS; NOGOSHI-NAKAMURA METHOD; SEISMIC MICROZONATION;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; MICROEARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE EFFECT; ZONATION;

EID: 0032194402     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0267-7261(98)00014-1     Document Type: Article

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