Site effects: From observation and modelling to accounting for them in building codes

Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 53-72

  Chávez García, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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EID: 84874353909     PISSN: 15736059     EISSN: 18724671     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5893-6_3     Document Type: Article

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