Site effect study in central Mexico using H/V and SSR techniques: Independence of seismic site effects on source characteristics

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 504-516

  Lozano, Lucía ^a   Herraiz, Miguel ^a   Singh, Shri Krishna ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acapulco; Inslab earthquakes; Interplate earthquakes; Site effect; Source location; Spectral ratios; Teleseisms; Valley of Mexico

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; LANDFORMS; LOCATION; SEISMOLOGY;

ACAPULCO; INSLAB EARTHQUAKES; INTERPLATE EARTHQUAKES; SITE EFFECT; SOURCE LOCATION; SPECTRAL RATIOS; TELESEISMS; VALLEY OF MEXICO;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; SEISMIC SOURCE; SITE EFFECT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

ACAPULCO; GUERRERO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VALLEY OF MEXICO;

EID: 58649099389     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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