Site response in Victoria, British Columbia, from spectral ratios and 1D modeling

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1109-1124

  Molnar, Sheri ^a,b   Cassidy, John F ^a   Dosso, Stan E ^b  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROCKS; SOILS;

BEDROCKS; GROUND MOTION;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SITE EFFECT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VICTORIA [BRITISH COLUMBIA];

EID: 4243107384     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120030195     Document Type: Article

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