Shear Wave Velocities of Campanian Tuffs (Southern Italy)

Shear wave velocities of Campanian tuffs were measured both in the laboratory (ultrasonic pulse and resonant column) and in the field (Rayleigh wave spectral analysis). It resulted that it is not sufficient to recognize the tuff basement for computing the site amplification effects, but the dynamic parameters have to be measured because of hardening variation and fracturing.