NGA-West2 site database

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1007-1024

  Seyhan, Emel ^a   Stewart, Jonathan P ^a   Ancheta, Timothy D ^b   Darragh, Robert B ^c   Graves, Robert W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Risk Management Solutions Inc   (United States)

^c Pacific Engineering and Analysis   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ACTIVE TECTONICS; GEOTECHNICAL; INFORMATION-ON SITE; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; STRONG MOTION; TAIWAN , CHINA; TIME-AVERAGED;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

DATABASE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRONG MOTION; TECTONICS;

CALIFORNIA; CHINA; JAPAN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907501728     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: 19448201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/062913EQS180M     Document Type: Article

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