Ground-motion predictions from empirical attenuation relationships versus recorded data: The case of the 1997-1998 Umbria-Marche, central Italy, strong-motion data set

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 984-1002

  Bindi, D ^a   Luzi, L ^a   Pacor, F ^a   Franceschina, G ^a   Castro, R R ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; FORECASTING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SITE SELECTION;

PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION (PGA); PEAK GROUND VELOCITY (PGV); PSEUDOVELOCITY RESPONSE SPECTRUM (PSV);

SEISMOLOGY;

GROUND MOTION; PEAK ACCELERATION; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; STRONG MOTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UMBRIA-MARCHE BASIN;

EID: 33745451164     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050102     Document Type: Article

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