Topographic effects on the hill of Nocera Umbra, central Italy

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 977-987

  Pischiutta, Marta ^a   Cultrera, Giovanna ^b   Caserta, Arrigo ^b   Luzi, Lucia ^b   Rovelli, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body waves; Earthquake ground motions; Site effects; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

2-D MODEL; BODY WAVES; CENTRAL ITALY; DIRECTIONAL EFFECTS; EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; FUNDAMENTAL RESONANCE FREQUENCY; GROUND-MOTION AMPLIFICATION; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MAJOR AXIS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SITE EFFECTS; SPECTRAL RATIOS; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS; WAVE FORMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; FREQUENCY BANDS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; POLARIZATION; RESONANCE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AMPLIFICATION;

AFTERSHOCK; AMPLIFICATION; BODY WAVE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GROUND MOTION; SITE EFFECT; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ITALY;

UMBRA;

EID: 77955161088     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04654.x     Document Type: Article

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