Can seismic waves be trapped inside an inactive fault zone? The case study of Nocera Umbra, Central Italy

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2217-2232

  Rovelli, Antonio ^a   Caserta, Arrigo ^a   Marra, Fabrizio ^a   Ruggiero, Vittorio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ROCKS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

GROUND MOTION; NEAR-VERTICAL INCIDENCE; SHEAR-VELOCITY REDUCTION;

SEISMOLOGY;

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT ZONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC WAVE; TRAPPED WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ITALY; NOCERA UMBRA; UMBRIA;

EID: 0036704553     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120010288     Document Type: Article

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