Properties of vertical ground motions

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 3152-3164

  Beresnev, Igor A ^a   Nightengale, Amber M ^a   Silva, Walter J ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pacific Engineering and Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHEAR DEFORMATION; SOIL MECHANICS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

VERTICAL GROUND MOTIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

BOREHOLE; GROUND MOTION; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; SITE EFFECT;

EID: 0036946162     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020009     Document Type: Article

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