Site characterization and site response in port-au-prince, Haiti

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Hough, Susan E ^a   Yong, Alan ^a   Altidor, Jean Robert ^b   Anglade, Dieuseul ^b   Given, Doug ^a   Mildor, Saint Louis ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Bureau des Mines et de l'Energie   (Haïti)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES;

ADVANCED SPACEBORNE THERMAL EMISSION AND REFLECTION RADIOMETER; HAITI EARTHQUAKES; METROPOLITAN REGIONS; MOTION AMPLIFICATION; PLIOCENE DEPOSITS; PREDOMINANT PERIOD; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; TOPOGRAPHIC AMPLIFICATION;

AMPLIFICATION;

EID: 80055093502     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.3637947     Document Type: Article

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