Data analysis of the euroseistest strong motion array in Volvi (Greece): Standard and horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio techniques

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 203-224

  Raptakis, D ^a   Theodulidis, N ^b   Pitilakis, K ^c  

^a Civil Eng Dept   (Greece)

^b Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUND MOTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEISMICITY; SITE EFFECT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STANDARD (REFERENCE); STRONG MOTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; GREECE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA]; THESSALONIKI [THESSALONIKI (DPR)];

EID: 0037839688     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.1585996     Document Type: Article

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