Earthquake Microzoning

ISBN-13: 9783764366520 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 358 str.

C. Oliveira; A. Roca; Antoni Roca

Opis

This volume presents a collection of papers mainly originating from a workshop on Seismic Microzoning, organized during the 23rd General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society in Nice, France, in April 1998.

Spis treści

Introduction: Earthquake Microzoning.- Probabilistic Microzonation of Urban Territories: A Case of Tashkent City.- Active Tectonics and Seismic Zonation of the Urban Area of Florence, Italy.- 1-D Theoretical Modeling for Site Effect Estimations in Thessaloniki: Comparison with Observations.- Site Effects and Design Provisions: The Case of Euroseistest.- 2-D Modeling of Site Effects Along the EURO-SEISTEST Array (Volvi Graben, Greece).- Realistic Modeling of Seismic Input in Urban Areas: A UNESCO-IUGSIGCP Project.- Vrancea Source Influence on Local Seismic Response in Bucharest.- A 2-D Sensitivity Study of the Dynamic Behavior of a Volcanic Hill in the Azores Islands: Comparison with 1-D and 3-D Models.- A Numerical Experiment on the Horizontal to Vertical Spectral Ratio in Flat Sedimentary Basins.- Comparative Study of Microtremor Analysis Methods.- Surface Soil Effects Study Using Short-period Microtremor Observations in Almeria City, Southern Spain.- Preliminary Map of Soil’s Predominant Periods in Barcelona Using Micro-tremors.- Caracas, Venezuela, Site Effect Determination with Microtremors.- Microtremor Measurements for the Microzonation of Dinar.- Site Effect Study in Urban Area: Experimental Results in Grenoble (France).- Seismic Zonation of Barcelona Based on Numerical Simulation of Site Effects.- Microzonations of Lisbon: 1-D Theoretical Approach.- Thessaloniki’s Detailed Microzoning: Subsurface Structure as Basis for Site Response Analysis.- An Empirical Method to Assess the Seismic Vulnerability of Existing Buildings Using the HVSR Technique.