Shallow shear velocity and seismic microzonation of the urban Las Vegas, Nevada, basin

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1068-1077

  Scott, James B ^a   Rasmussen, Tiana ^a   Luke, Barbara ^b   Taylor, Wanda J ^c   Wagoner, J L ^d   Smith, Shane B ^a   Louie, John N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; FORECASTING; RISKS; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVES;

REFRACTION MICROTREMOR METHOD; SEISMIC MICROZONATION; SHALLOW SHEAR VELOCITY; TRANSECT MEASUREMENTS;

SEISMOLOGY;

BOREHOLE; MICROTREMOR; SEISMIC ZONE; SURFACE WAVE; TRANSECT; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY PROFILE;

LAS VEGAS VALLEY; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745479387     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050044     Document Type: Article

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