Site effects assessment in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) using earthquake and noise recording data

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3068-3082

  Parolai, S ^a   Orunbaev, S ^b   Bindi, D ^c   Strollo, A ^a   Usupaev, S ^b   Picozzi, M ^a   di Giacomo, D ^a   Augliera, P ^a   D'Alema, E ^c   Milkereit, C ^a   Moldobekov, B ^b   Zschau, J ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Central Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences   (Kyrgyzstan)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND AMPLIFICATION; CENTRAL ASIA; COLLISION ZONE; CONVERTED WAVE; CROSS-BORDER; DATA STREAM; DECISION MAKERS; EARTHQUAKE DATA; EARTHQUAKE RISK; FUNDAMENTAL RESONANCE FREQUENCY; GROUND MOTIONS; HISTORICAL SEISMICITY; HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIOS; IMPEDANCE CONTRAST; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; LOW-FREQUENCY AMPLIFICATION; MICROZONATION; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; RECORDING DATA; SEDIMENTARY COVERS; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SITE AMPLIFICATION; SITE EFFECTS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPECTRAL RATIOS; STRONG MOTION; TAJIKISTAN; TIME FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; TURKMENISTAN; UZBEKISTAN; VERTICAL COMPONENT;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; DISASTER PREVENTION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; RATING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESONANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SEISMOLOGY;

AMPLIFICATION;

EARTHQUAKE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMICITY; STRONG MOTION;

BISHKEK; CHUY; KYRGYZSTAN;

EID: 78650084514     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100044     Document Type: Article

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