A modified ground-motion attenuation relationship for southern California that accounts for detailed site classification and a basin-depth effect

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 90, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2000, Pages

  Field, Edward H ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; MAPS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS;

GROUND MOTIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMICITY; SITE EFFECT; STRONG MOTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034450273     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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