Evaluation of proxies for seismic site conditions in large urban areas: The example of Santiago de Chile

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1259-1266

  Pilz, Marco ^a,b   Parolai, Stefano ^a   Picozzi, Matteo ^a   Zschau, Jochen ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambient seismic noise; H V ratio; Inversion; S wave velocity; Site effects

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT SEISMIC NOISE; H/V RATIO; INVERSION; S-WAVE VELOCITY; SITE EFFECTS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; AMPLIFICATION; HAZARDS; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SEISMOLOGY;

GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAPPING; S-WAVE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMOLOGY; SITE EFFECT; SITE INVESTIGATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY PROFILE; WAVE VELOCITY;

CHILE; MAULE; METROPOLITANA; SANTIAGO [METROPOLITANA];

EID: 83555173599     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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