Site characterization of Italian accelerometric stations

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 2329-2348

  Felicetta, Chiara ^a   D’Amico, Maria ^a   Lanzano, Giovanni ^a   Puglia, Rodolfo ^a   Russo, Emiliano ^b   Luzi, Lucia ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b Centro Nazionale Terremoti   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Site characterization; Site effects; Strong motion database

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; SEISMOLOGY;

ENGINEERING SEISMOLOGIES; GEOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS; HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIOS; ITALY; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SITE EFFECTS; STRONG MOTION;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 85019066874     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-016-9942-3     Document Type: Article

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