H/V technique for site response analysis. Synthesis of data from various surveys

Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 267-280

  Duval, A M ^a   Bard, P Y ^b   Lebrun, B ^c   Lacave Lachet, C ^d   Riepl, J ^b   Hatzfeld, D ^b  

^a CETE Mediterranée   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c BRGM   (France)

^d Resonance SA   (Switzerland)

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