Evaluation of methods for estimating linear site-response amplifications in the Los Angeles region

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 90, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2000, Pages

  Wald, Lisa A ^b   Mori, Jim ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; HAZARDS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE; SEISMICITY; SITE EFFECT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034450785     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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