Amplification of seismic waves by the Seattle basin, Washington State

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 533-545

  Pratt, Thomas L ^a   Brocher, Thomas M ^b   Weaver, Craig S ^a   Creager, Kenneth C ^a   Snelson, Catherine M ^c   Crosson, Robert S ^a   Miller, Kate C ^c   Tréhu, Anne M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKES; RESONANCE;

SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

SEISMIC WAVES;

AMPLIFICATION; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVE; SITE EFFECT;

SEATTLE BASIN; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0038417131     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120010292     Document Type: Article

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