Basement imaging using Sp converted phases from a dense strong-motion array in Lan-Yang Plain, Taiwan

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1363-1369

  Chang, Chien Hsin ^a   Lin, Ting Li ^b   Wu, Yih Min ^b   Chang, Wen Yen ^c  

^a CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c National Science Council   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROGRAMS; ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS; CONVERTED WAVE; INSTRUMENTATION PROGRAMS; MIOCENE; QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS; REGION-BASED; S-WAVES; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; STRONG MOTION; STUDY AREAS; THICKNESS VARIATION; TIME DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL; TIME-DIFFERENCES;

BUILDINGS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; STRONG MOTION; TRAVEL TIME;

LANYANG PLAIN; TAIWAN;

EID: 77952591959     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090305     Document Type: Article

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