Local site effects in Latur, India: An empirical study based on the aftershocks of the Killari earthquake of September 29, 1993

Engineering Geology

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 251-258

  Midzi, V ^a,b   Singh, D D ^a,c   Atakan, K ^a   Havskov, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Goetz Observatory   (Zimbabwe)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Killari earthquake; Latur region; Site amplification; Spectral ratios

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BOREHOLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

BASALTIC ROCKS;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

AFTERSHOCK; AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; LITHOLOGY; SITE EFFECT;

INDIA;

EID: 0037367059     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(02)00231-4     Document Type: Article

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