Site effects observed in alluvial basins: The case of Norcia (Central Italy)

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1941-1959

  Bindi, D ^a,b   Luzi, L ^b   Parolai, S ^a   Giacomo, D Di ^a,c   Monachesi, G ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c INTERNATIONAL SEISMOLOGICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluvial basin; Horizontal to vertical spectral ratio; Site effects; Standard spectral ratio

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL BASINS; CENTRAL ITALY; FREQUENCY RANGES; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIOS; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEISMIC NETWORKS; SITE AMPLIFICATION; SITE EFFECTS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPECTRAL AMPLITUDE; SPECTRAL RATIOS; TIME FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; VERTICAL COMPONENT; WAVE TRAIN;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SPEECH PROCESSING;

AMPLIFICATION;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; AMPLITUDE; BEDROCK; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; RESONANCE; S-WAVE; SITE EFFECT; SPATIAL VARIATION; WAVE GENERATION;

ITALY; NORCIA BASIN; PERUGIA; UMBRIA;

EID: 80855131603     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-011-9273-3     Document Type: Article

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