Explosion, earthquake, and ambient noise recordings in a Pliocene sediment-filled valley: Inferences on seismic response properties by reference- and non-reference-site techniques

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 670-682

  Malagnini, L ^a   Tricarico, P ^a   Rovelli, A ^a   Herrmann, R B ^c   Opice, S ^a   Biella, G ^b   De Franco, R ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Ricerca sul Rischio Sismico   (Italy)

^c Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EXPLOSION; EXPLOSION SOURCE; NOISE; SEDIMENT FILLED VALLEY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMOMETRY; SITE CONDITIONS; SITE EFFECT;

ITALY, TUSCANY, SAN CASCIANO DEI BAGNI;

EID: 0030432834     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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