Local amplification of seismic waves from the Denali earthquake and damaging seiches in Lake Union, Seattle, Washington

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Barberopoulou, Aggeliki ^a   Qamar, Anthony ^a   Pratt, Thomas L ^b   Creager, Kenneth C ^a   Steele, William P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC WAVES; WATER WAVES;

SEISMIC SURFACE WAVES; STRONG MOTION INSTRUMENTS;

GEOPHYSICS;

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEICHE; SEISMIC WAVE; SURFACE WAVE;

NORTH AMERICA; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 18144449768     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018569     Document Type: Article

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