Multiscale site-response mapping: A case study of Parkfield, California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1081-1100

  Thompson, Eric M ^a   Baise, Laurie G ^a   Kayen, Robert E ^b   Morgan, Eugene C ^a   Kaklamanos, James ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; DEGREE OF CORRELATIONS; GLOBAL COVERAGE; GLOBAL SCALE; MAPPING APPLICATIONS; MAPPING METHOD; MULTISCALES; SHORT PERIODS; SITE RESPONSE; SPATIAL COVERAGE; STRONG-MOTION; SURFICIAL GEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHIC SLOPE; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN REGIONS; VELOCITY PROFILES; WEIGHTED MEAN;

ESTIMATION; GEOLOGY;

MAPPING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; MAPPING; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRONG MOTION; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY PROFILE;

CALIFORNIA; PARKFIELD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957879835     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100211     Document Type: Article

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