Possibility of spatial variation of high-frequency seismic motions due to random-velocity fluctuation of sediments

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-65

  Horike, Masanori ^a   Takeuchi, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a OSAKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; SEDIMENT; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0034052269     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0119980040     Document Type: Article

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