Application of Thomson-Haskell Method for damage assessment: case study of 24 August 2016 Amatrice earthquake

Rapid assessment of expected building damage immediately after an earthquake is essential for supporting emergency response. This study focuses on a simplified physical modeling approach to estimate the spatial distribution of seismic damage from the 2016 Amatrice earthquake in Central Italy. The method relies on the Thomson–Haskell propagator matrix formulation to model buildings as vertically propagating shear-wave systems, allowing the estimation of top-floor motion from ground-level seism...

18 Review of the Circulation and Characteristics of Intermediate Water Masses of the Mediterranean: Implications for Cold-Water Coral Habitats

This chapter describes the main features of the circulation and properties of the intermediate water masses of the Mediterranean. Interaction with other water masses is also briefly summarised. Both observational and numerical studies described in the literature are used, as well as some more recent, unpublished data sets. It is shown that the main water mass important to cold-water coral habitats is the Levantine Intermediate Water which forms in the Levantine Sea, Eastern Mediterranean and ...

Deploying the First Regional DAS Seismic Network in a High-Hazard European Region: The Case of Northeastern Italy

Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) is rapidly emerging as a powerful complement to conventional seismic monitoring, enabling dense spatial sampling over tens of kilometers using existing fiber‐optic telecommunication infrastructures. In this study, we present the design, implementation, and initial performance of a regional‐scale DAS seismic monitoring network integrated within the operational framework of the Seismological Research Center of OGS in north‐eastern Italy. The system is built up...

FReDNet: un sistema per il monitoraggio delle deformazioni crostali e per il posizionamento di precisione in tempo reale in Friuli-V. G