Empirical model for basin effects accounts for basin depth and source location

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1412-1427

  Choi, Yoojoong ^a   Stewart, Jonathan P ^b   Graves, Robert W ^c  

^a GeoPentech   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ATTENUATION; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCK MECHANICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

AMPLIFICATION FACTORS; BASIN DEPTH; BASIN EFFECTS; BASIN RESPONSE EFFECTS; EMPIRICAL MODEL;

SEISMOLOGY;

AMPLIFICATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 24944563520     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040208     Document Type: Article

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