Ground-motion attenuation in the Atlantic Coastal Plain near Charleston, South Carolina

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 998-1011

  Chapman, Martin C ^a   Talwani, Pradeep ^b   Cannon, Richard C ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; EARTHQUAKES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SEISMIC REFLECTION;

SEISMOLOGY;

COASTAL PLAIN; GROUND MOTION; MICROEARTHQUAKE; PREDICTION; Q FACTOR; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC WAVE;

CHARLESTON; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0043241657     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020062     Document Type: Article

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