Comparison of site classification from VS30, VS10, and HVSR in Italy

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 340-351

  Gallipoli, Maria Rosaria ^a   Mucciarelli, Marco ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CONTROL THEORY; EARTHQUAKES; SHEAR WAVES; SOILS; VELOCITY;

COMPARISON OF SITES; COMPLEX GEOLOGIES; DATA SETS; DOWN-HOLE MEASUREMENTS; DOWNHOLE; EARTHQUAKE RECORDINGS; GEOLOGICAL SETTINGS; HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIOS; LOWER BOUNDS; MICROZONATION; SEISMIC CODES; SEISMIC INSTRUMENTATIONS; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITIES; SITE AMPLIFICATIONS; SITE CLASSIFICATIONS; SITE RESPONSE; SOIL CLASS; SOIL CLASSIFICATIONS; SURFACE TECHNIQUES; VELOCITY PROFILES; WAVE PROFILES;

VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; S-WAVE; SITE EFFECT; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY PROFILE; WAVE VELOCITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 60649105589     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080083     Document Type: Article

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