Mapping NEHRP VS30 site classes

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 353-370

  Holzer, Thomas L ^a   Padovani, Amy C ^b   Bennett, Michael J ^a   Noce, Thomas E ^a   Tinsley III, John C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MAPPING; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

SHALLOW GEOLOGIC UNITS; SITE AMPLIFICATION; SURFICIAL GEOLOGY;

SEISMOLOGY;

AMPLIFICATION; CONE PENETRATION TEST; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MAPPING METHOD; S-WAVE; SITE EFFECT; WAVE VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16244416023     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.1895726     Document Type: Article

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