Estimation of the quality factor in shallow soil using surface waves

Acta Seismologica Sinica English Edition

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 481-487

  Hu, Jia Fu ^a   Su, You Jin ^b  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF YUNNAN PROVINCE   (China)

Author keywords

Rayleigh wave; Regression Q ; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950394309     PISSN: 10009116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-999-0089-z     Document Type: Article

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