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Italian accelerometric archive: geological, geophysical and geotechnical investigations at strong-motion stations

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Geological, geophysical and geotechnical investigations, for the characterization of the strong-motion recording sites managed by the Italian Civil Protection, have been carried out in the framework of the project “Italian strong-motion database in the period 1972–2004”. The project aimed at creating an updated database of strong-motion data acquired in Italy by different institutions in the time span 1972–2004, and at improving the quality of disseminated data. This article illustrates the state of the recording site characterization before the beginning of the project, explains the criteria adopted to select the sites where geophysical/geotechnical investigation have been performed and describes the results of the promoted field surveys.

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  1. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, sezione Milano Pavia, Italy

    Lucia Luzi, Sara Lovati, Ezio D’Alema & Simone Marzorati

  2. Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473, Potsdam, Germany

    Domenico Di Giacomo

  3. Dipartimento della Protezione Civile, Milan, Italy

    Salomon Hailemikael & Antonella Gorini

  4. Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

    Ettore Cardarelli, Michele Cercato & Gerarda Di Filippo

  5. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, sezione Romal, Italy

    Giuliano Milana & Giuseppe Di Giulio

  6. Dipartimento di Geotecnologie per l’Ambiente ed il Territorio, Università “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti, Pescara, Italy

    Mario Rainone & Patrizio Signanini

  7. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy

    Patrizio Torrese

  8. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

    Gabriele Scarascia Mugnozza & Stefano Rivellino

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Luzi, L., Lovati, S., D’Alema, E. et al. Italian accelerometric archive: geological, geophysical and geotechnical investigations at strong-motion stations. Bull Earthquake Eng 8, 1189–1207 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-009-9153-2

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