Seismic characterization and reconstruction of reference ground motion at accelerometric sites of the Italian national accelerometric network (RAN)

Natural Hazards

Volumn 86, Issue , 2017, Pages 401-416

  Albarello, D ^a   Francescone, M ^a   Lunedei, E ^a   Paolucci, E ^a   Papasidero, M P ^a   Peruzzi, G ^a   Pieruccini, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerometric sites; Ambient vibrations; Geophysical prospecting; Italy

Indexed keywords

DECONVOLUTION; GROUND MOTION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SITE EFFECT; SOIL DYNAMICS; VIBRATION;

ITALY;

EID: 84962190993     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-016-2310-4     Document Type: Article

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