Seismic microzonation and site effects at al Hoceima city, Morocco

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 585-596

  Talhaoui, Abdelouahid ^a,b   Brahim, Aomar Iben ^a   Aberkan, M'Hamed ^b   Kasmi, Mohamed ^a   Mouraouah, Azelarab E L ^a  

^a Ctr Natl Rech Sci et Tech   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Al Hoceima; Nakamura method; Seismic microzonation; Site effects

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; EARTHQUAKES; GEOLOGY; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SHOCK WAVES; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

AL HOCEIMA; NAKAMURA METHOD; SEISMIC MICROZONATION; SITE-EFFECTS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

EID: 8644243232     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363246904001559     Document Type: Article

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