Low-velocity zone and topography as a source of site amplification effect on Tarzana hill, California

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 324-332

  Graizer, Vladimir ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Low velocity zone; Predominant frequency; Site amplification; Soft rock; Tarzana hill

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; VELOCITY;

LOW-VELOCITY ZONE; PREDOMINANT FREQUENCY; SITE AMPLIFICATION; SOFT ROCK; TARZANA HILL;

AMPLIFICATION;

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GROUND MOTION; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE EFFECT; SOFT ROCK; STRONG MOTION; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVE VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56949088010     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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