The HVSR technique reveals pervasive nonlinear sediment response during the 1994 Northridge earthquake (Mw 6.7)

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 247-255

  Dimitriu, Petros P ^a  

^a Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dominant resonance frequency; Horizontal to vertical spectral ratio (HVSR); Linear correlation; Nonlinearity; Sediment sites; Shear modulus degradation; Standard spectral ratio (SSR)

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; SEDIMENT; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHEAR MODULUS; SITE EFFECT; STRONG MOTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036307011     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015640218516     Document Type: Article

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