Amplification effects from earthquakes and ambient noise in the Dead Sea rift (Israel)

Dynamic stability analysis of jointed rock slopes using the DDA method: King Herod's Palace, Masada, Israel

“…Masada [30], we should expect the topographical effects to be observed in the frequency of 1.1 Hz, in arguable agreement with the experiment.…”

Determining the site effects of 23 October 2011 earthquake (Van province, Turkey) on the rural areas using HVSR microtremor method

“…HVSR measurements obtained from the records of HVSR peak amplitude values (a) and HVSR peak period values (b). experimentally and theoretically at many sites by different researchers Chavez-Garcia 1993, 1994;Lachet and Bard 1994;Field and Jacob 1995;Gitterman et al 1996;Theodulidis et al 1996;Mucciarelli 1998;Konno and Ohmachi 1998;Zaslavsky et al 2000;Fah et al 2001 generally provide a very good estimation of the fundamental frequency (peak frequency or period of HVSR) of the sites in terms of their soil properties. HVSR measurements were recorded using a CMG-6TD model seismograph equipped with three components, which was designed by Güralp Systems.…”

“…Seismic waves cause a variety of ground and structures. HVSR technique has been used by many other researchers Chavez-Garcia 1993, 1994;Lachet and Bard 1994;Field and Jacob 1995;Gitterman et al 1996;Theodulidis et al 1996;Bard 1998;Konno and Ohmachi 1998;Mucciarelli 1998;Zaslavsky et al 2000;Fah et al 2001;Dikmen and Mirzaoglu 2005;Asten 2006;Bonnefoy-Claudet et al 2006;Hasancebi and Ulusay 2006;Eskişar et al 2013;Asten et al 2014;Akkaya 2015). Although several researchers claimed that the theoretical background of this technique is not clear, there have been many successful experimental studies performed (Nakamura 2008).…”

Re-estimating the epicenter of the 1927 Jericho earthquake using spatial distribution of intensity data

“…(2) Topographic slope -the relation between damage and the underlying topographic slope is found to be significant (e.g., Athanasopoulos et al, 1988;Avni, 1999;Evernden et al, 1973;Wust-Bloch, 2002;Zaslavsky et al, 2000). Moreover, the larger the ratio between the height of the mountain peak above its surroundings to its width, the higher is the amplification (Salamon et al, 2010).…”