Application of the Generalized Inversion Technique (GIT) to a microzonation study: Numerical simulations and comparison with different site-estimation techniques

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 286-297

  Parolai, Stefano ^a,b   Bindi, Dino ^b   Augliera, Paolo ^c  

^a MACERATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; DATA PROCESSING; EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMICITY; SITE EFFECT;

EID: 0034080388     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0119990041     Document Type: Article

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