Site effects in a volcanic environment: A comparison between HVSR and array techniques at Colima, Mexico

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 591-604

  Chavez Garcia F J ^a   Dominguez T ^b   Rodriguez M ^a   Perez F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; PHASE VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VOLCANOES;

MICROZONATION; REFRACTION MICROTREMOR; SIESMIC ZONATION; SINGLE-STATION MICROTREMOR;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; P-WAVE; PHASE VELOCITY; S-WAVE; SEISMICITY; VELOCITY PROFILE; VOLCANOLOGY; WAVE VELOCITY;

COLIMA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547537550     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120060095     Document Type: Article

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