Surface wave surveys for seismic site characterization of accelerometric stations in ITACA

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1797-1820

  Foti, S ^a   Parolai, S ^b   Bergamo, P ^a   Giulio, G Di ^c   Maraschini, M ^a   Milana, G ^c   Picozzi, M ^b   Puglia, R ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerometric network; Geophysical tests; MASW; Shear wave velocity profile; Site characterization; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRIC NETWORK; GEOPHYSICAL TESTS; MASW; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY PROFILE; SITE CHARACTERIZATION;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; CHARACTERIZATION; SHEAR WAVES; SURFACE WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SHEAR FLOW;

ACCELEROMETER; BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; DATA INVERSION; DATABASE; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; RESEARCH PROGRAM; S-WAVE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SURFACE WAVE; VELOCITY PROFILE; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 80855130757     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-011-9306-y     Document Type: Article

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