Shear wave velocity model of the Santiago de Chile basin derived from ambient noise measurements: A comparison of proxies for seismic site conditions and amplification

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 355-367

  Pilz, Marco ^a,b   Parolai, Stefano ^a   Picozzi, Matteo ^a   Wang, Rongjiang ^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

Sedimentary basin; Site effects; South America

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; AMPLIFICATION; CORRELATION; GROUND MOTION; KRIGING; MICROTREMOR; S-WAVE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SITE EFFECT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHY; VELOCITY PROFILE; WAVE VELOCITY;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ;

EID: 77954642407     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04613.x     Document Type: Article

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