Separation of source and site effects by generalized inversion technique using the aftershock recordings of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 717-739

  Ameri, G ^a   Oth, A ^b   Pilz, M ^c   Bindi, D ^d   Parolai, S ^c   Luzi, L ^a   Mucciarelli, M ^e   Cultrera, G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b European Center for Geodynamics and Seismology and The Luxembourg National Museum of Natural History   (Luxembourg)

^c Section 21 Telegrafenberg   (Germany)

^d Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology (CEDIM)   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Generalized inversion technique; L'Aquila Sequence; Seismic attenuation; Site effects; Source parameters

Indexed keywords

GENERALIZED INVERSION; L'AQUILA SEQUENCE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SITE EFFECTS; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; RESONANCE; SHEAR WAVES;

SEISMOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCK; AMPLITUDE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT ZONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; S-WAVE; SITE EFFECT; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVE SPECTRUM;

ABRUZZI; ITALY; L'AQUILA;

AQUILA;

EID: 79955876996     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-011-9248-4     Document Type: Article

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