Evidence of topographic effects through the analysis of ambient noise measurements

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 413-419

  Panzera, F ^a   Lombardo, G ^a   Rigano, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 79955857947     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.82.3.413     Document Type: Article

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