On the use of high-resolution topographic data as a proxy for seismic site conditions (VS30)

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 2 A, 2009, Pages 935-943

  Allen, Trevor I ^a   Wald, David J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; CALIFORNIA; DATA CENTERS; DATA SETS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLOBAL SCALE; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOS ANGELES; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC SITES; SHEAR VELOCITIES; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; ST. LOUIS , MISSOURI; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC DATA; TOPOGRAPHIC GRADIENTS; TOPOGRAPHIC SLOPE; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SURVEYS;

TRACKING RADAR;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; IMAGE RESOLUTION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; S-WAVE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

ASIA; CALIFORNIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOS ANGELES; MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT LOUIS; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; TAIPEI; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649909554     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080255     Document Type: Article

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