Analysis and modeling of HVSR in the presence of a velocity inversion: The case of Venosa, Italy

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2364-2372

  Di Giacomo, Domenico ^a   Gallipoli, Maria Rosaria ^a,c   Mucciarelli, Marco ^a   Parolai, Stefano ^b   Richwalski, Sandra M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (IMAA)   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; CLAY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CONGLOMERATES-CLAYS INTERFACE; EARTHQUAKE AMPLIFICATION; HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIOS; SEISMIC BEDROCKS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EXCAVATION; GROUND MOTION; INFILL; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 31544468397     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040242     Document Type: Article

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