A physically sound way of using noise measurements in seismic microzonation, applied to the urban area of Napoli

Engineering Geology

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 17-30

  Nunziata, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

H V noise ratios; Rayleigh waves; Shear velocities; Synthetic spectral amplifications

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC MICROZONATION; SHEAR VELOCITIES; SYNTHETIC SPECTRAL AMPLIFICATIONS; URBAN AREA;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; ALGORITHMS; EARTHQUAKES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; ONE DIMENSIONAL; RAYLEIGH WAVES; SEISMIC WAVES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TECTONICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACCELEROMETER; ALGORITHM; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC SURVEY; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY PROFILE; WAVE VELOCITY;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 34447581160     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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