Huygens' principle: The capture of seismic energy by a soft soil layer

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

  Lomnitz, Cinna ^a   Meas, Yunny ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO TECNOLÓGICO EN ELECTROQUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; RESONANCE; SOILS; SURFACE WAVES; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

RAYLEIGH MODES; SEISMIC ENERGY; SHEAR-COUPLED SURFACE WAVES;

SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW;

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; ENERGY; GROUND MOTION; SEISMICITY; SITE EFFECT; SOIL DYNAMICS;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; NORTH AMERICA;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGES; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; HUYGENS' PRINCIPLE; LARGE AMPLITUDE; MONOCHROMATIC WAVE; NONLINEAR COUPLING; PARTICLE MOTIONS; SEISMIC ENERGY;

EID: 4544369700     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019910     Document Type: Article

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