Site effect evaluation in the basin of Santiago de Chile using ambient noise measurements

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 925-937

  Bonnefoy Claudet, Sylvette ^a,c   Baize, Stéphane ^a   Bonilla, Luis Fabian ^a   Berge Thierry, Catherine ^a   Pasten, Cesar ^b   Campos, Jaime ^b   Volant, Philippe ^a   Verdugo, Ramon ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Site effects; South America

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SITE EFFECT; VIBRATION;

CHILE; METROPOLITANA; SANTIAGO [METROPOLITANA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 61349102500     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04020.x     Document Type: Article

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