H/V spectral ratios and array techniques applied to ambient noise recorded in the Colfiorito Basin, central Italy

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 490-505

  Maresca, Rosalba ^a   Galluzzo, Danilo ^b   Del Pezzo, Edoardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; EARTHQUAKES; LANDFORMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVES;

HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIOS; LOVE WAVES; RAYLEIGH WAVES; VELOCITY-DISPERSION CURVE; WAVE-FIELD ANALYSIS;

SEISMOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; LOVE WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC NOISE; WAVE DISPERSION;

COLFIORITO; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PERUGIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UMBRIA;

EID: 33645766951     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050057     Document Type: Article

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