Seismic microzonation of the greater Bangkok area using microtremor observations

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-225

  Tuladhar, Rabin ^a   Yamazaki, Fumio ^a,b   Warnitchai, Pennung ^a   Saita, Jun ^b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bangkok; H V spectral ratio; Microtremors; Microzonation; Predominant period

Indexed keywords

CLAY; HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

SEISMIC SOURCES;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; MICROTREMOR; SEISMIC HAZARD; ZONATION;

ASIA; BANGKOK; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 0842344444     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.345     Document Type: Article

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