Modelling and earthquake response of Gisborne Post Office site, New Zealand

Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 146-169

  Zhao, J X ^a   Davenport, P N ^a   McVerry, G H ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCK MECHANICS; SEISMOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL TESTING;

BEDROCK; EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE; EQUIVALENT LINEAR METHOD; SOFTWARE PACKAGE SHAKE;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 0032691138     PISSN: 11749857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5459/bnzsee.32.3.146-169     Document Type: Article

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