Site effects in the city of Lourdes, France, from H/V measurements: Implications for seismic-risk evaluation

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2118-2136

  Souriau, Annie ^a   Roullé, Agathe ^b   Ponsolles, Christian ^a  

^a IRAP   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC-RISK EVALUATION; SEISMOGRAMS; SPECTRAL RATIOS;

SEISMOLOGY;

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MODELING; S-WAVE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SITE EFFECT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HAUTE PYRENEES; LOURDES; MIDI-PYRENEES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38349182274     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120060224     Document Type: Article

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