Determination of site amplification from regional seismicity: Application to the Swiss national seismic networks

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 611-621

  Edwards, Benjamin ^a   Michel, Clotaire ^a   Poggi, Valerio ^a   Fäh, Donat ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SEISMICITY; SITE EFFECT;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84880210546     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0220120176     Document Type: Article

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