Effects of surface topography on seismic ground response in the Egion (Greece) 15 June 1995 earthquake

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-149

  Athanasopoulos, G A ^a   Pelekis, P C ^a   Leonidou, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dynamic soil properties; Finite element method; Seismic ground response; Site effects; Topography effects

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUND SUPPORTS; SEISMIC WAVES; SITE SELECTION; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE EFFECT; SOIL DYNAMICS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

GREECE;

EID: 0033081671     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0267-7261(98)00041-4     Document Type: Article

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