Mapping Vs30 in Taiwan

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 671-682

  Lee, Chyi Tyi ^a   Tsai, Bi Ru ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Ground motion amplification; Shear wave velocity; Site characteristics; Strong ground motion; Vs30

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATISTICS; GROUND MOTION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SITE EFFECT; SOIL PROFILE; STRONG MOTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 60249100983     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.19.6.671(PT)     Document Type: Article

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