Lithology and shear-wave velocity in Memphis, Tennessee

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 986-997

  Gomberg, J ^a   Waldron, B ^b   Schweig, E ^a   Hwang, H ^b   Webbers, A ^a   VanArsdale, R ^c   Tucker, K ^b   Williams, R ^d   Street, R ^a,e   Mayne, P ^f   Stephenson, W ^d   Odum, J ^d   Cramer, C ^a   Updike, R ^d   Hutson, S ^a   Bradley, M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c University of Memphis   (United States)

^d DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

^f Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LITHOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES;

SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

LITHOLOGY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SITE EFFECT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY PROFILE; WAVE VELOCITY;

MEMPHIS; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042239253     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020164     Document Type: Article

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