Dynamic soil parameters determination by geophysical prospecting in Mexico City: Implication for site effect modeling

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 549-559

  Jongmans, D ^a   Demanet, D ^a   Horrent, C ^a   Campillo, M ^b   Sanchez Sesma, F J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c Instituto de Ingenieria   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CLAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SEISMOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SURFACE WAVES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

LAKE BED ZONE; SITE EFFECT MODELING; SOFT CLAY LAYER;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE EFFECT; SOIL DYNAMICS;

MEXICO, MEXICO CITY;

EID: 0030426759     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0267-7261(96)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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