Empirical site-specific response-spectra correction factors for the Gubbio basin (central Italy)

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 546-552

  Parolai, S ^a   Cara, F ^b   Bindi, D ^b   Pacor, F ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Response spectra; Sedimentary basin; Site effects

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKES; LAND USE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RESONANCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SETTLING TANKS;

AMPLIFICATION FACTORS; AMPLIFICATION FUNCTIONS; CORRECTION FACTORS; ENGINEERING COMMUNITIES; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY (FF); GROUND MOTIONS; INTERPOLATION TECHNIQUES; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; RESPONSE SPECTRA; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SITE EFFECTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) EFFECTS;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

GROUND MOTION; HARD ROCK; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE EFFECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GUBBIO; ITALY; PERUGIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UMBRIA;

EID: 58649121678     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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