Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/2528
Authors: Pacor, F.* 
Bindi, D.* 
Luzi, L.* 
Parolai, S.* 
Marzorati, S.* 
Monachesi, G.* 
Title: Characteristics of strong motion data recorded in the Gubbio sedimentary basin (Central Italy)
Journal: Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 
Publisher: Springer
Issue Date: 2006
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-006-9026-x
Keywords: Strong motion
Alluvial basin effects
Site effects
Gubbio plain
Subject Classification04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.04. Ground motion 
Abstract: Various authors, analysing the set of accelerograms recorded at Gubbio Piana (GBP) (central Italy), have demonstrated that strong amplification occurs at this accelerometric station, which is installed within an alluvial basin. In particular, Ambraseys et al. [(2005a), Bull Earthq Eng 3:1–53; (2005b), Bull Earth Eng 3:55–73] observed that the strong motion peaks at GBP greatly exceed the median values predicted by the attenuation relationships they derived for Europe. In this work, we analyse and discuss some characteristics of the ground motion recorded at the GBP station. We show that the ground motion parameters, such as peak-ground acceleration and peak-ground velocity, are strongly influenced by the presence of locally induced surface waves that produce both a lengthening of the significant shaking duration and an increase in the peak values with respect to a nearby bedrock site. The basin-induced surface waves are observed in the three components of motion and their effects on the peak values are particularly evident in the vertical component. In the frequency domain, the energy of the surface waves is mostly restricted to the frequency band 0.4–0.8Hz for both the horizontal and vertical components. The horizontal and vertical Fourier amplitudes are also very similar, and this indicates that the H/V spectral ratio technique is not applicable to describing the site response due to the propagation of seismic wave in a complex 2D/3D geological structure. Finally, a preliminary polarization analysis shows that the directions of polarization, as well as the degree of elliptical polarization, exhibit a strong variability with time, that may be related to a complex propagation of Love and Rayleigh waves within the basin.
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