Topographic versus stratigraphic amplification: Mismatch between code provisions and observations during the L'Aquila (Italy, 2009) sequence

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1325-1336

  Gallipoli, M R ^a   Bianca, M ^b   Mucciarelli, M ^b,c   Parolai, S ^d   Picozzi, M ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

L'Aquila earthquake; Seismic code; Site amplification; Topographic effects

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; L'AQUILA EARTHQUAKES; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SEISMIC CODE; SEISMIC SEQUENCE; SITE AMPLIFICATION; TOPOGRAPHIC AMPLIFICATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

AMPLIFICATION;

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; RESONANCE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ABRUZZI; ITALY; L'AQUILA;

AQUILA;

EID: 84884164286     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-013-9446-3     Document Type: Article

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