A comparison of site response techniques using earthquake data and ambient seismic noise analysis in the large urban areas of Santiago de Chile

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 713-728

  Pilz, Marco ^a,b   Parolai, Stefano ^a   Leyton, Felipe ^c   Campos, Jaime ^d   Zschau, Jochen ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Site effects; South America

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC HAZARD; SITE EFFECT; SITE INVESTIGATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

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

EID: 67749129126     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04195.x     Document Type: Review

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