Amplification factors for spectral acceleration in tectonically active regions

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 332-352

  Stewart, Jonathan P ^a   Liu, Andrew H ^b   Choi, Yoojoong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BECHTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

SPECTRAL ACCELERATIONS;

TECTONICS;

AMPLIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE EFFECT; STRONG MOTION;

EID: 0038355373     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020049     Document Type: Article

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