Large amplitude variations recorded by an on-fault seismological station during the L'Aquila earthquakes: Evidence for a complex fault-induced site effect

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Calderoni, Giovanna ^a   Rovelli, Antonio ^a   Di Giovambattista, Rita ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; FREQUENCY BANDS;

AMPLITUDE DEPENDENCE; COMPLEX FAULTS; DAMAGE ZONES; EARTHQUAKE LOCATION; FAULT DIP; FAULT MODEL; FAULT SYSTEM; FAULT ZONE; GRID-SEARCH; GROUND MOTIONS; LARGE AMPLITUDE; MODEL PARAMETERS; SITE EFFECTS; SPECTRAL RATIOS; STRUCTURE MODELS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AMPLITUDE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT ZONE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROUND MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY;

AQUILA;

EID: 78650881916     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045697     Document Type: Article

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