A seiche hazard study for lake union, Seattle, Washington

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1837-1848

  Barberopoulou, Aggeliki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EARTHQUAKES; WATER WAVES;

GROUND MOTIONS; SEATTLE , WASHINGTON; WAVE HEIGHTS;

SEISMOLOGY;

COASTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT ZONE; GROUND MOTION; SEICHE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC WAVE; SHAKING TABLE TEST; SHORELINE; WATER WAVE; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE HEIGHT;

NORTH AMERICA; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 50549101706     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120070153     Document Type: Article

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