Use of acceleration spectra for determining the frequency-dependent attenuation coefficient and source parameters

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2165-2180

  Joshi, Anushi ^a  

^a KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; EARTHQUAKES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TECTONICS;

HIGH FREQUENCY STRONG-MOTION DATA; ROOT MEAN SQUARE;

SEISMOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FORESHOCK; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRONG MOTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARANCHAL;

EID: 33846067071     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050095     Document Type: Article

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