Impact of DEM source and resolution on topographic seismic amplification

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 420-427

  Shafique, Muhammad ^a,b   van der Meijde, Mark ^a   Kerle, Norman ^a   van der Meer, Freek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

DEM resolution; Shear wave velocity; TAF; Topographic attributes

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; IMAGE RESOLUTION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 79955626230     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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