An experimental approach for estimating seismic amplification effects at the top of a ridge, and the implication for ground-motion predictions: The case of Narni, Central Italy

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3020-3034

  Massa, M ^a   Lovati, S ^a   D'Alema, E ^a   Ferretti, G ^b   Bakavoli, M ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY IIEES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION RESPONSE; CENTRAL ITALY; EPICENTRAL DISTANCES; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; GROUND MOTION PREDICTION; GROUND MOTIONS; GROUND-MOTION MODELS; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; REFERENCE SITES; REFERENCE STATIONS; SITE EFFECTS; SPECTRAL ORDINATES; TOPOGRAPHIC AMPLIFICATION;

DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS;

AMPLIFICATION;

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUND MOTION; PEAK ACCELERATION; SEISMICITY;

ITALY;

AQUILA;

EID: 78650148970     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090382     Document Type: Article

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