Site amplification at Avcilar, Istanbul

Tectonophysics

Volumn 391, Issue 1-4 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 335-346

  Ergin, Mehmet ^a   Ozalaybey S ^a   Aktar, M ^a,b   Yalcin M N ^c  

^a MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Frequency of resonance; Ground amplification; H V ratios; Microtremor; Site effect

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; GROUND MOTION; KOCAELI EARTHQUAKE 1999; SEISMIC WAVE; SITE EFFECT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISTANBUL [ISTANBUL (PRV)]; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 11344256061     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.07.021     Document Type: Article

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