Evidence of two-dimensional amplification effects in an alluvial valley (Valnerina, Italy) from velocimetric records and numerical models

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1612-1635

  Lenti, L ^a   Martino, S ^b   Paciello, A ^c   Scarascia Mugnozza, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; ALLUVIAL VALLEYS; AMPLIFICATION FUNCTIONS; CENTRAL ITALY; D RESONANCES; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; FAST LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS OF CONTINUUM; FIELD SURVEYS; FREQUENCY RANGES; GROUND MOTIONS; HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIOS; LATERAL WAVES; LOCAL SEISMIC RESPONSE; NONLINEAR DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; NUMERICAL MODELS; REFERENCE STATIONS; SPECTRAL RATIOS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL; WEB INTERFACE;

DEPOSITS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AMPLIFICATION;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AMPLIFICATION; GROUND MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHEAR STRAIN; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 69549101694     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080219     Document Type: Article

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