Engineering perspective for the seismic site response of alluvial valleys

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 477-493

  Rassem, M ^a   Ghobarah, A ^a   Heidebrecht, A C ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic analysis; Earthquake; Site response; Soil conditions; Valley

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; SOIL TESTING;

ALLUVIAL VALLEYS;

LANDFORMS;

ALLUVIAL VALLEY; AMPLIFICATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE EFFECT;

EID: 0031126809     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199704)26:4<477::AID-EQE659>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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