Soil liquefaction effects observed in the kobe earthquake of 1995

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-51

  Soga, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foundations; Geotechnical engineering; Seismic engineering

Indexed keywords

CAISSONS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; FOUNDATIONS; PILES; QUAY WALLS; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; WAREHOUSES;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

SOIL LIQUEFACTION;

FILL; FOUNDATION; KOBE EARTHQUAKE 1995; LIQUEFACTION;

EID: 0031979195     PISSN: 13532618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/igeng.1998.30004     Document Type: Article

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