Parametric analysis of the seismic response of a 2D sedimentary valley: Implications for code implementations of complex site effects

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 303-315

  Makra, Konstantia ^a   Chávez García, Francisco J ^b   Raptakis, Dimitrios ^c   Pitilakis, Kyriazis ^c  

^a Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

1D 2D simulations; Aggravation factor; Complex site effects; Euroseistest; Lateral propagation; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

SEISMOLOGY; SOILS; SURFACE WAVES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

HETEROGENEITY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SURFACE SOILS; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING;

GARCIA;

EID: 18744392811     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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