A GIS procedure for fast topographic characterization of seismic recording stations

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 248-258

  Pessina, Vera ^a   Fiorini, Emilia ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b EUCENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

DEM; Geographic information system; Morphometric analysis; Recording station; Ridge; Seismic amplification; Seismic code

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CHARACTERIZATION; SEISMOLOGY;

DEM; MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; RECORDING STATIONS; RIDGE; SEISMIC CODE;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BUILDING CODE; CLASSIFICATION; DETECTION METHOD; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; MORPHOMETRY; SEISMICITY; SITE INVESTIGATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ALPS; APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 84900824596     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2014.04.002     Document Type: Review

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