Estimated ground motion from the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake at the site of interstate 10 and La Cienega Boulevard bridge collapse, West Los Angeles, California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2737-2751

  Boore, David M ^a   Gibbs, James F ^a   Joyner, William B ^a   Tinsley, John C ^a   Ponti, Daniel J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DAMPING; EARTHQUAKES; ESTIMATION; SHEAR WAVES;

GROUND MOTION; MOTION RECORDING;

SEISMOLOGY;

BRIDGE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GROUND MOTION; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE 1994; SEISMICITY;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1142306165     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020197     Document Type: Article

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