A site effect study of the Adapazari basin, Turkey, from strong- and weak-motion data

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 559-572

  Ozel, Oguz ^a,b   Sasatani, Tsutomu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adapazari basin; Basin surface waves; Izmit (Kocaeli) earthquake; Site effects; Spectral ratio

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMICITY; SITE EFFECT; SOIL DYNAMICS;

ADAPAZARI; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SAKARYA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 14244253698     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-004-3328-8     Document Type: Article

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