Amplification of waves by an orthotropic basin: Sagittal plane motion

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 565-584

  Zheng, Tao ^a   Dravinski, Marijan ^a  

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

Author keywords

Anisotropic basin; Site response

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; SCATTERING;

ORTHOTROPIC BASIN; RAYLEIGH WAVES; SAGITTAL PLANE MOTION;

ELASTIC WAVES;

ANISOTROPY; ELASTIC WAVE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE EFFECT; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0032767183     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199906)28:6<565::AID-EQE825>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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