Effect of soil aging on assessing magnitudes and accelerations of prehistoric earthquakes

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 737-759

  Leon, Evangelia ^a   Gassman, Sarah L ^b   Talwani, Pradeep ^c  

^a Florence and Hutcheson Inc   (United States)

^b University of South Carolina   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; SAND; SEISMOLOGY; SOILS;

PREHISTORIC EARTHQUAKES; SOIL AGING;

EARTHQUAKES;

AGING; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GROUND CONDITIONS; GROUND MOTION; LIQUEFACTION; PALEOSEISMICITY; PEAK ACCELERATION; PREHISTORIC; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS;

ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24144454815     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.1949223     Document Type: Article

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