A study on the variability of Kappa (κ) in a Borehole: Implications of the computation process

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 2 A, 2013, Pages 1048-1068

  Ktenidou, O J ^a   Gelis C ^a   Bonilla, L F ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; COMPUTATION PROCESS; ENGINEERING SEISMOLOGIES; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; ON-SITE CONDITIONS; SPECTRAL AMPLITUDE; VERTICAL COMPONENT;

EARTHQUAKES;

ROCKS;

AMPLITUDE; BOREHOLE; EARTHQUAKE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GROUND MOTION; SEISMOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 84875468926     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120120093     Document Type: Article

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