Reliability of ambient noise horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio in urban environments: The case of Thessaloniki City (Northern Greece)

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 891-912

  Panou, A A ^a,b   Theodulidis, N P ^b   Hatzidimitriou, P M ^a   Savvaidis, A S ^b   Papazachos, C B ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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

Author keywords

Ambient noise; H V spectral ratio; Site effects; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMICITY; SITE EFFECT; URBAN AREA;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI; WORLD;

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 17544370825     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-004-2647-6     Document Type: Article

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