Quantifying measurement uncertainty of thirty-meter shear-wave velocity

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1399-1411

  Moss, Robb Eric S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; METRIC SYSTEM; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHEAR WAVES; SHEARING MACHINES; WAVES;

MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTIES; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY (SWV);

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONE PENETRATION TEST; LIQUEFACTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; S-WAVE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 46149096482     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120070101     Document Type: Article

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