Geotechnical aspects of the January 2003 Tecomán, Mexico, earthquake

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 493-538

  Wartman, Joseph ^a   Rodriguez Marek, Adrian ^b   Macari, Emir Jose ^c   Deaton, Scott ^d   Ramírez Reynaga, Martín ^e   Ochoa, Carlos Navarro ^f   Callan, Sean ^g   Keefer, David ^h   Repetto, Pedro ⁱ   Ovando Shelley, Efraín ^j  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^d Dataforensics LLC ^*  (United States)

^e Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Mexico   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

^g HAYWARD BAKER INC   (United States)

^h U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

ⁱ URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^j UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; LANDSLIDES; SEISMOLOGY; SOIL LIQUEFACTION; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

GROUND FAILURE; SEISMIC COMPRESSION;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

DEFORMATION; EARTH DAM; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GROUND IMPROVEMENT; LANDSLIDE; LIQUEFACTION;

COLIMA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TECOMAN;

EID: 20544438130     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.1904064     Document Type: Article

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