75th anniversary of strong motion observation-A historical review

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 591-606

  Trifunac, Mihailo D ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

First strong motion earthquake accelerographs; First strong motion record; John Freeman; Kyoji Suyehiro; Long Beach earthquake of 1933

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; CIVIL ENGINEERING; DIGITAL COMPUTERS; EARTHQUAKES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS;

FIRST STRONG MOTION EARTHQUAKE ACCELEROGRAPHS; FIRST STRONG MOTION RECORD; JOHN FREEMAN; KYOJI SUYEHIRO; LONG BEACH EARTHQUAKE OF 1933;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMOLOGY; STRONG MOTION; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

CALIFORNIA; LONG BEACH; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58949104914     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2008.05.011     Document Type: Review

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