Microtremor HVSR study for assessing site effects in the Bovec basin (NW Slovenia) related to 1998 Mw5.6 and 2004 Mw5.2 earthquakes

Engineering Geology

Volumn 91, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 178-193

  Gosar, Andrej ^a,b  

^a Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Ambient vibrations; Horizontal to vertical spectral ratio (HVSR); Microtremors; Site effects; Soil structure resonance

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFRACTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; RESONANCE; SEISMIC WAVES;

AMBIENT VIBRATIONS; HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIO; MICROTREMORS; SITE EFFECTS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; MICROTREMOR; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SITE EFFECT; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; STRONG MOTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247866572     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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