Evidence for unusually strong near-field ground motion on the hanging wall of the San Fernando Fault during the 1971 earthquake

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 524-531

  Allen, Clarence R ^a   Brune, James N ^b   Cluff, Lloyd S ^c   Barrows Jr , Allan G ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^d California Div of Mines and Geology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032419215     PISSN: 00128287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.69.6.524     Document Type: Article

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