Impediments to predicting site response: Seismic property estimation and modeling simplifications

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• seismic property 100%
• transfer function 75%
• SH-wave 42%
• modeling 30%
• amplification 20%
• soil property 18%
• homogeneous medium 13%
• seismic wave 10%
• surface wave 9%
• soil profile 9%
• spectral analysis 9%
• S-wave 9%
• station 5%
• prediction 5%

Physics & Astronomy

• simplification 77%
• transfer functions 72%
• SH waves 42%
• soils 32%
• estimates 30%
• formulations 14%
• Japan 10%
• S waves 10%
• stations 10%
• spectrum analysis 10%
• surface waves 9%
• incidence 8%
• profiles 5%
• predictions 5%

Chemical Compounds

• Soil 61%
• Surface Wave 39%