Influence of soil-layer properties on k evaluation

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 349-356

  Parolai, Stefano ^a   Bindi, Dino ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; AMPLIFICATION; DATA REDUCTION; DECAY (ORGANIC); LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; RESONANCE; SEISMOLOGY;

HIGH-FREQUENCY DECAY; SITE AMPLIFICATION EFFECTS; SOIL LAYER;

SOILS;

AMPLIFICATION; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SITE EFFECT; SOIL DYNAMICS;

EID: 1842831438     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120030022     Document Type: Article

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