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Fundamental knowledge on the amplification and the attenuation of the earthquake waves, which is necessary to understand the wave propagation in the ground, is introduced in this chapter.
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Yoshida, N. (2015). Propagation of Earthquake Waves in the Ground and Fundamentals of Earthquake Motion. In: Seismic Ground Response Analysis. Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, vol 36. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9460-2_1
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