Frequency-dependent sites amplifications evaluated from well-logging data in central Taiwan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Huang, Ming Wey ^a   Wang, Jeen Hwa ^b   Hsieh, Hung Hao ^c   Wen, Kuo Liang ^a,c   Ma, Kuo Fong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION; WELL LOGGING;

FREQUENT-DEPENDENT SITE AMPLIFICATIONS; QUARTER-WAVELENGTH APPROXIMATION; TAIWAN;

SEISMOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AMPLIFICATION; HOLOCENE; SITE EFFECT; STRONG MOTION; WELL LOGGING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 29344447071     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023527     Document Type: Article

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