Site amplifications observed in the Gubbio basin, central Italy: Hints for lateral propagation effects

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 2 A, 2009, Pages 741-760

  Bindi, D ^a   Parolai, S ^b   Cara, F ^c   Di Guilio, G ^c   Ferreti, G ^d   Luzi, L ^a   Monachesi, G ^c   Pacor, F ^a   Rovelli, A ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c Istituto Nazional e di Geofisica e Vulcanologia   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION FUNCTIONS; BROAD FREQUENCY RANGE; CENTRAL ITALY; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; FUNDAMENTAL RESONANCE FREQUENCY; GROUND MOTIONS; GROUND-MOTION; HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIOS; LATERAL PROPAGATION; LINEAR ARRAYS; PEAK GROUND VELOCITY; REFERENCE SITES; REFERENCE STATIONS; SEDIMENTARY COVERS; SITE AMPLIFICATION; SITE EFFECTS; SITE RESPONSE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPECTRAL ENERGY; VERTICAL COMPONENT;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; RESONANCE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SURFACE WAVES;

AMPLIFICATION;

AMPLIFICATION; AMPLITUDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUND MOTION; RESONANCE; SITE EFFECT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

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

EID: 67649909567     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080238     Document Type: Article

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