Estimation of site amplifications from shear-wave velocity profiles in Yeşilyurt and Avcilar, Istanbul, by frequency-wavenumber analysis of microtremors

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-98

  Bozdağ, Ebru ^a   Kocaoğlu, Argun H ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dispersion; f k method; Microtremors; Shear wave velocity; Site amplification

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; PHASE VELOCITY; S-WAVE; SITE EFFECT; WAVE DISPERSION;

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

EID: 16344393747     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-005-5271-8     Document Type: Article

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