Assessment of site effects in alpine regions through systematic site characterization of seismic stations

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2809-2826

  Michel, Clotaire ^a   Edwards, Benjamin ^a   Poggi, Valerio ^a   Burjánek, Jan ^a   Roten, Daniel ^b   Cauzzi, Carlo ^a   Fäh, Donat ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; LANDFORMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK MANAGEMENT;

AMPLIFICATION FUNCTIONS; DISPERSION CURVES; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; RENEWAL PROJECTS; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SPECTRAL MODELING; SURFACE-WAVE ANALYSIS; VELOCITY PROFILES;

SURFACE WAVES;

ALLUVIAL FAN; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; EARTHQUAKE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; SEISMICITY; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SURFACE WAVE; VELOCITY PROFILE;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84915821016     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120140097     Document Type: Article

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