A quantitative study of the site effects observed at the GERESS array

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1051-1064

  Schlindwein, V ^a   Koch, K ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; EXPLOSIONS; FREQUENCIES;

MICROTREMORS;

SEISMOLOGY;

GROUND MOTION; MONITORING; SEISMIC DISCRIMINATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMICITY; SITE EFFECT;

GERMANY;

EID: 0041738918     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020178     Document Type: Article

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