A study of the seismic response of the city of Benevento (Southern Italy) through a combined analysis of seismological and geological data

Engineering Geology

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 146-170

  Di Giulio, G ^a   Improta, L ^a   Calderoni, G ^a   Rovelli, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambient noise; Benevento; Empirical Green's Functions; Response spectra; Site effects

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; EARTHQUAKES; GREEN'S FUNCTION; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMOGRAPHS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

DAMAGE PATTERN; GROUND MOTION; RESPONSE SPECTRA;

SEISMIC RESPONSE;

AMBIENT NOISE; BUILDING CODE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GREEN FUNCTION; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE EFFECT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM; VIBRATION;

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

EID: 40849140629     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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