**Meet the editor**

Sebastiano D'Amico (PhD) has been working as Research Officer III at the Physics Department, University of Malta, since 2010. He was enrolled in the Physics program of the University of Messina where he was awarded the title of "Dottore in Fisica". In 2005, Dr D'Amico moved to Rome where he joined the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) and, in

2007, he married Rosarianna and moved to the United States to join the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department at Saint Louis University. His research interests are in the applied aspects of earthquake seismology and he has authored several publications in this field. Dr D'Amico is particularly interested in seismicity and tectonics of the Central Mediterranean, earthquake ground motion and seismic hazard, earthquake moment tensor solutions, and ambient noise measurements on soil and buildings.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Geophysical Techniques 1**

Sayed Hemeda

and Miguel A. Jaimes

**Hybrid Method 55** Babak Ebrahimian

**L'Aquila Basin (Italy) 79**

**Topographic Irregularities 101**

**Cryospheric Environment 147**

Chapter 1 **Seismic Hazard Analysis for Archaeological Structures — A Case**

Chapter 2 **The Use of Source Scaling Relationships in the Simulation of a**

Alejandro Gaytán, Carlos I. Huerta Lopez, Jorge Aguirre Gonzales

**Study for EL Sakakini Palace Cairo, Egypt 3**

Chapter 3 **Simulation of Near-Field Strong Ground Motions Using**

Chapter 4 **VS Crustal Models and Spectral Amplification Effects in the**

Chapter 5 **Speedy Techniques to Evaluate Seismic Site Effects in Particular**

F. Panzera, G. Lombardo, S. D'Amico and P. Galea

Chapter 7 **Seismic Behaviour of Monolithic Objects: A 3D Approach 157** Alessandro Contento, Daniele Zulli and Angelo Di Egidio

Chapter 6 **Seismic Ambient Noise and Its Applicability to Monitor**

Won Sang Lee, Joohan Lee and Sinae Han

**Geomorphologic Conditions: Faults, Cavities, Landslides and**

M.R. Costanzo, C. Nunziata and V. Gambale

**Seismic Scenario in Mexico 35**
