Evaluation of site effects in the Aterno river valley (Central Italy) from aftershocks of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 697-715

  Bergamaschi, F ^a   Cultrera, G ^a   Luzi, L ^a   Azzara, R M ^a   Ameri, G ^a   Augliera, P ^a   Bordoni, P ^a   Cara, F ^a   Cogliano, R ^a   D'Alema, E ^a   Di Giacomo, D ^b   Di Giulio, G ^a   Fodarella, A ^a   Franceschina, G ^a   Galadini, F ^a   Gallipoli, M R ^c   Gori, S ^a   Harabaglia, P ^d   Ladina, C ^a   Lovati, S ^a   Marzorati, S ^a   Massa, M ^a   Milana, G ^a   Mucciarelli, M ^d   Pacor, F ^a   Parolai, S ^b   Picozzi, M ^b   Pilz, M ^b   Pucillo, S ^a   Puglia, R ^a   Riccio, G ^a   Sobiesiak, M ^b   more..

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ground shaking; L'Aquila earthquake; Microzoning; Site effects

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ITALY; DEGREE OF CEMENTATION; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; GEOPHYSICAL INFORMATION; GROUND-SHAKING; HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIOS; L'AQUILA EARTHQUAKE; MICROZONING; REFERENCE STATIONS; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; RIVER VALLEY; SEISMIC STATION; SITE AMPLIFICATION; SITE EFFECTS; SPECTRAL RATIOS; TEMPORARY NETWORKS;

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; RESONANCE; SEISMOLOGY;

LANDFORMS;

AFTERSHOCK; AMPLIFICATION; CEMENTATION; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GROUND MOTION; RESONANCE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOGRAM; SITE EFFECT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VALLEY;

ABRUZZI; ATERNO VALLEY; ITALY; L'AQUILA;

AQUILA;

EID: 79955838765     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-011-9245-7     Document Type: Article

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