Detection of directivity in seismic site response from microtremor spectral analysis

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 751-762

  Del Gaudio, V ^a   Coccia, S ^a   Wasowski, J ^b   Gallipoli, M R ^b   Mucciarelli, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTH; DETECTION METHOD; EARTHQUAKE; LANDSLIDE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROTREMOR; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 48349134208     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-8-751-2008     Document Type: Article

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