Attenuation relations of ground motion for rock and soil sites in eastern United States

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 363-372

  Hwang, Howard ^a   Huo, Jun Rong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROCKS; SOILS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

RANDOM VIBRATION THEORY;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACCELERATION; ATTENUATION; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC RISK;

USA;

EID: 0042230473     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0267-7261(97)00016-X     Document Type: Article

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