Seismically induced rock slope failures resulting from topographic amplification of strong ground motions: The case of Pacoima Canyon, California

Engineering Geology

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 336-348

  Sepúlveda, Sergio A ^a,b   Murphy, William ^a   Jibson, Randall W ^c   Petley, David N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Landslides; Site effects; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSLIDES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; SLOPE STABILITY;

GROUND MOTION; ROCK SLOPE; SITE EFFECTS;

ROCKS;

LANDSLIDE; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE 1994; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SLOPE FAILURE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24144487746     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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