Microzonation of Potenza (Southern Italy) in terms of spectral intensity ratio using joint analysis of earthquakes and ambient noise

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 493-516

  Strollo, Angelo ^a,b   Parolai, Stefano ^a   Bindi, Dino ^a,c   Chiauzzi, Leonardo ^d   Pagliuca, Rossella ^d   Mucciarelli, Marco ^d   Zschau, Jochen ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Correlation; Earthquakes; Seismic noise; Site effects; Spectral intensity

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; AMPLIFICATION FACTORS; CIVIL PROTECTION; CORRECTION FACTORS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE ANALYSIS; FIELD SURVEYS; HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIOS; JOINT ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT POINTS; MICROZONATION; MONITORING SITES; NATIONAL PROJECTS; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; REFERENCE SITES; RISK SCENARIOS; SEISMIC NETWORKS; SEISMIC NOISE; SITE AMPLIFICATION; SITE EFFECTS; SITE RESPONSE; SOUTHERN ITALY; SPECTRAL INTENSITY; URBAN AREAS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; EARTHQUAKES; OPTICAL CORRELATION; RISK PERCEPTION; SURGE PROTECTION;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

AMBIENT NOISE; CORRELATION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; FIELD SURVEY; MICROEARTHQUAKE; SITE EFFECT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; ZONATION;

BASILICATA; ITALY; POTENZA;

EID: 84857687482     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-011-9256-4     Document Type: Article

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