Evaluation of the effectiveness of theoretical 1D amplification factors for earthquake ground-motion prediction

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 4 A, 2006, Pages 1422-1436

  Kwok, Annie O ^a   Stewart, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKE GROUND-MOTION; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION; GROUND-RESPONSE ANALYSES;

EARTHQUAKES;

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUND MOTION;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748034370     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040196     Document Type: Review

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