Publications

Publications

Chosen peer-reviewed publications:

Farrugia D., Galea P., D’Amico S., 2020. Modelling and assessment of earthquake ground response in areas characterized by a thick buried low-velocity layer, Natural Hazards, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-020-04298-w1

Agius M., Galea P., Farrugia D., D’Amico S., 2020. An instrumental earthquake catalogue for the offshore Maltese islands region, 1995–2014. Annals of Geophysics, https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-8383

Galea P., Bozionelos G., D’Amico S., Drago A., Colica E., 2018. Seismic signature of the Azure Window collapse, Gozo, Central Mediterranean. Seismological Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1785/0220170115

Farrugia D., Galea P., D'Amico S., Paolucci E., 2017. Sensitivity of ground motion parameters to local shear-wave velocity models: The case of buried low-velocity layers. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 100, 196–205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2017.05.033

D'Amico S., Galea P., Borg R. P., Bonello M., 2017. Georisks in the Mediterranean and their mitigation, Natural Hazards, DOI:10.1007/s11069-017-2797-3

Farrugia F., Paolucci E., D'Amico S., Galea P., 2016. Inversion of surface-wave data for subsurface shear-wave velocity profiles characterised by a thick buried low-velocity layer. Geophysical Journal International, 206, 1221-1231, doi:10.1093/gji/ggw204

Galea P., D’Amico S., Farrugia D., 2014. Dynamic characteristics of an active coastal spreading area using ambient noise measurements  (Anchor Bay, Malta), Geophysical Journal International, 199, 1166–1175. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu318

D’Amico S., 2014. Source parameters related to a small earthquake swarm off-shore of Malta (central Mediterranean). Development in Earth Science, 2, 8-13

Vella A., Galea P., D'Amico S., 2013. Site response characterisation of the Maltese islands based on ambient noise HVSR, Engineering Geology, 163, 89-100. doi:10.1016/j.enggeo.2013.06.006

Agius, M. R., Sebastiano D’Amico, and Pauline Galea. The Easter Sunday 2011 Earthquake Swarm Offshore Malta: Analysis on Felt Reports. In Earthquakes and Their Impact on Society, pp. 631-645. Springer International Publishing, 2016

Agius, M. R., & Galea, P. (2011). A single-station automated earthquake location system at Wied Dalam Station, Malta. Seismological Research Letters, 82(4), 545-559. 

Galea, P. (2007). Seismic history of the Maltese islands and considerations on seismic risk.Annals of Geophysics, 50, 725–740. 


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