Soil and topographic amplification on Canyon banks and the 1999 athens earthquake

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-43

  Assimaki, D ^a   Gazetas, G ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

1999 Athens Earthquake; 2D wave propagation; Amplification; Site effects; Stratigraphy; Topography

Indexed keywords

1999 ATHENS EARTHQUAKE; 2D WAVE PROPAGATION; ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; BASE EXCITATION; CENTRAL FREQUENCY; CRITICAL ANGLES; FOURIER; FREQUENCY CONTENTS; HEAVY DAMAGE; INPUT MOTIONS; LAYERED SOILS; MAXIMUM VALUES; PARAMETRIC STUDY; RICKER WAVELETS; SITE EFFECTS; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL EFFECTS; SPECTRAL RATIOS; SURFACE SOIL LAYERS; SV WAVE; TOPOGRAPHIC AGGRAVATION; TOPOGRAPHIC AMPLIFICATION;

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKES; FLUORINE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SOILS;

EID: 17044389610     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363246904001250     Document Type: Article

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