Regional variations in near surface shear wave velocity in the Greater Memphis area

Engineering Geology

Volumn 62, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 137-158

  Romero, Salome ^a   Rix, Glenn J ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground motion amplification; NEHRP; New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ); Shear wave velocity

Indexed keywords

CLAY; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SURFACE WAVES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

GEOLOGICAL DEPOSITS; GROUND MOTION AMPLIFICATION; PLEISTOCENE DEPOSITS;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SOIL DYNAMICS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035476656     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(01)00059-X     Document Type: Article

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