Determination of S-wave site response in Anchorage, Alaska in the 1-9 Hz frequency band

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 159, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 2673-2698

  Nath, S K ^a,b   Biswas, N N ^b   Dravinski, M ^c   Papageorgiou, A S ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^d the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground failure susceptibility; Horizontal to vertical spectral ratios; National earthquake hazard reduction program; Site response; Soil class

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; QUATERNARY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE EFFECT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036789794     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-002-8753-4     Document Type: Article

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