Frequency-dependent site amplifications with f ≥ 0.01 Hz evaluated from velocity and density models in Central Taiwan

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 624-637

  Huang, Ming Wey ^a,b   Wang, Jeen Hwa ^b   Ma, Kuo Fong ^a   Wang, Chien Ying ^a   Hung, Jih Hao ^a   Wen, Kuo Liang ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOREHOLES; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; VELOCITY;

FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT SITE AMPLIFICATIONS; WAVE ATTENUATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; STRONG MOTION; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVELENGTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 34547507234     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120060139     Document Type: Article

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