Definition of subsoil structure and preliminary ground response in Aigion city (Greece) using microtremor and earthquakes

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 922-940

  Apostolidis, P I ^a   Raptakis, D G ^a   Pandi, K K ^a   Manakou, M V ^a   Pitilakis, K D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

2D soil model; Aigion shear zone; Down hole array; H V technique; Microtremors; Shear wave velocity; Site effects; Spatial autocorrelation coefficient, SPAC; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOMETRY; SHEAR WAVES; SOIL MECHANICS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

DOWN-HOLE ACCELEROGRAPH ARRAY; MICROTREMOR; SITE RESPONSE MODELING; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION COEFFICIENT, (SPAC);

SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; MICROTREMOR; S-WAVE; SHEAR ZONE; SITE EFFECT; SOIL STRUCTURE; SUBSOIL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE VELOCITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746688476     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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