Development of ground-motion prediction equations relevant to shallow-mining-induced seismicity in the Trial Mountain area, Emery County, Utah

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-47

  McGarr, A ^a   Fletcher, J B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL MINES; DAMPING; DATA RECORDING; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

GROUND MOTIONS; HYPOCENTRAL DISTANCES; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMIC NETWORK;

SEISMOLOGY;

COAL MINE; GROUND MOTION; INDUCED SEISMICITY; MINING; SEISMIC HAZARD;

JOES VALLEY DAM; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18144386554     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040046     Document Type: Article

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