Ground motion analysis in the anchorage basin: 1-D approach

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 251-274

  Martirosyan, Artak ^a   Biswas, Niren ^a   Dutta, Utpal ^a   Cole, David ^b   Papageorgiou, Apostolos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b DOWL Engineers   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

1 D modeling; Anchorage basin; Site effects; Strong motion seismology

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAZARDS; SEISMOLOGY; SOILS;

GROUND MOTION ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 0141618421     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363246903001048     Document Type: Article

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