Estimation of site effects and Q factor using a reference event

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1730-1745

  Moya, Aaron ^a   Irikura, Kojiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; EARTHQUAKES; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT;

SEISMIC MOMENT;

SEISMOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCK; AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE; ESTIMATION METHOD; Q FACTOR; SITE EFFECT; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

HONSHU; JAPAN; TOTTORI;

EID: 0242369045     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020220     Document Type: Article

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