Simplified geostatistical analysis of earthquake-induced ground response at the Wildlife Site, California, U.S.A

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-35

  Elkateb, Tamer ^a   Chalaturnyk, Rick ^a   Robertson, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Characteristic parameters; Cone penetration test; Damage; Liquefaction; Spatial variability; Stochastic analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; SOILS;

GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

CONE PENETRATION TEST; EARTHQUAKE; GEOSTATISTICS; LIQUEFACTION; LOADING; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037308561     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t02-089     Document Type: Article

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