An empirical site-classification method for strong-motion stations in Japan using H/V response spectral ratio

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 914-925

  Zhao, John X ^a   Irikura, Kojiro ^b   Zhang, Jian ^a   Fukushima, Yoshimitsu ^c   Somerville, Paul G ^d   Asano, Akihiro ^e   Ohno, Yuki ^e   Oouchi, Taishi ^e   Takahashi, Toshimasa ^e   Ogawa, Hiroshi ^e  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b AICHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Fukoku Seimei Bldg   (Japan)

^d URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^e SHIKOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKES; SITE SELECTION;

MEAN SPECTRAL RATIOS; SITE AMPLIFICATION FACTORS; SITE-CLASSIFICATION METHOD; STRONG-MOTION STATIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; STRONG MOTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33745432312     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050124     Document Type: Article

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