Influence of source distance on site-effects in Delhi city

Current Science

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 827-835

  Parvez, Imtiyaz A ^a   Vaccari, F ^b   Panza, G F ^b,c  

^a CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delhi city; Near and far sources; Response spectral ratio; Site effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750091615     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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