Nonlinear soil response in the vicinity of the Van Norman Complex following the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1214-1231

  Cultrera, Giovanna ^a   Boore, David M ^b   Joyner, William B ^b   Dietel, Christopher M ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND MOTION; NONLINEARITY; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE 1994; SOIL DYNAMICS;

EID: 0033500676     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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