Probabilistic ground-motion assessment of balanced rocks in the Mojave Desert

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 649-662

  O'Connell, Daniel R H ^a   LaForge, Roland ^a   Liu, Pengcheng ^b  

^a William Lettis and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

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EID: 36749092328     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.78.6.649     Document Type: Article

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