Site-specific response spectra from the combination of microzonation with probabilistic seismic hazard assessment-An example for the Cologne (Germany) area

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-59

  Parolai, Stefano ^a   Grünthal, Gottfried ^a   Wahlström, Rutger ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cologne area (Germany); Microzonation and PSHA combined; Site specific response spectra; Spectral accelerations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; TECTONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MICROZONATION; PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT (PSHA); SEISMOGRAMS; SITE-SPECIFIC RESPONSE SPECTRA; SPECTRAL ACCELERATIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GRABEN; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; S-WAVE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC NOISE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; COLOGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 33747591474     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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