Shear-wave velocity characteristics of geological units throughout Tehran City, Iran

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-115

  Shafiee, A ^a   Azadi, A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY IIEES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Geological units; NEHRP classification; Shear wave velocity; Tehran

Indexed keywords

GROUND MOTION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC VELOCITY; WAVE VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TEHRAN;

EID: 33846931354     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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