Site-response models for Charleston, South Carolina, and vicinity developed from shallow geotechnical investigations

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 467-489

  Chapman, M C ^a   Martin, J R ^b   Olgun, C G ^b   Beale, J N ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; EARTHQUAKES; ELASTIC MODULI; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR WAVES; VELOCITY;

DYNAMIC SITE-RESPONSE ANALYSIS; HARD-ROCK BASEMENT OUTCROP MOTION; RESONANT HARMONICS; SURFACE GEOLOGY; SURFACE MOTION;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GROUND MOTION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE EFFECT;

CHARLESTON; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645788800     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040057     Document Type: Article

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