Preliminary results for a semi-automated quantification of site effects using geomorphometry and ASTER satellite data for Mozambique, Pakistan and Turkey

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 117, Issue SUPPL.2, 2008, Pages 797-808

  Yong, Alan ^a   Hough, Susan E ^a   Abrams, Michael J ^b   Wills, Christopher J ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; Geomorphometry; Geophysics; Object oriented; Remote sensing; Satellite data; Shear wave velocity; Site conditions; Terrain modeling

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ASTER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEGMENTATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC WAVE; TERRAIN; WAVE VELOCITY;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; MOZAMBIQUE; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TURKEY;

EID: 70350324581     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-008-0061-7     Document Type: Article

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