Signatures of the seismic source in EMD-based characterization of the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake recordings

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 501-518

  Zhang, Ray Ruichong ^a   Ma, Shuo ^b   Hartzell, Stephen ^c  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATIONS;

SEISMIC SOURCES;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GROUND MOTION; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE 1994; SEISMIC SOURCE; STRONG MOTION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038355358     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120010285     Document Type: Article

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