Geophysical measurements for site response investigation: Preliminary results on the island of Malta

Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 111-128

  Panzera, Francesco ^a   D'Amico, S ^b   Galea, P ^b   Lombardo, G ^a   Gallipoli, M R ^a,c   Pace, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Malta; Site response

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879537052     PISSN: 00066729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4430/bgta0084     Document Type: Article

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