Site effects and SPAC. Results for three sites in Wainuiomata

Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 101-110

  Chávez García, Francisco J ^a   Rodrígue, Miguel ^a   Stephenson, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BESSEL FUNCTIONS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SEISMOGRAPHS; SHEAR WAVES; SOILS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FREE SURFACE; GROUND MOTION; PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVES; SPECTRAL RATIOS;

TECTONICS;

EID: 11144282707     PISSN: 11749857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5459/bnzsee.37.3.101-110     Document Type: Article

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