First USGS urban seismic hazard maps predict the effects of soils

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-29

  Cramer, Chris H ^a   Gomberg, Joan S ^a   Schweig, Eugene S ^a   Waldron, Brian A ^b   Tucker, Kathleen ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c Center for Earthquake Research and Information   (United States)

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EID: 33645106824     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.77.1.23     Document Type: Article

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