Site response and basin waves in the sacramento-san joaquin delta, California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 196-210

  Fletcher, Jon B ^a   Boatwright, John ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CIVIL WAR; CONE PENETROMETERS; DISPERSION CURVES; NARROW RESONANCES; REFERENCE SITES; RESONANT PEAKS; S-WAVES; SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; SALTY WATER; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; SITE RESPONSE; SPECTRAL CHARACTERS; SPECTRAL RATIOS; VELOCITY PROFILES;

FARMS; SEISMOGRAPHS; SHEAR WAVES; SOIL TESTING;

LEVEES;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AZIMUTH; BASIN; CONE PENETRATION TEST; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOGRAPH; SITE EFFECT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; SACRAMENTO DELTA; SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873495045     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120110347     Document Type: Article

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