Average shear-wave velocity mapping using Japan engineering geomorphologic classification map

Structural Engineering/Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Matsuoka, Masashi ^a,b   Wakamatsu, Kazue ^a,c,d   Fujimoto, Kazuo ^e   Midorikawa, Saburoh ^d  

^a JSCE ^*  (Japan)

^b National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

^c National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e CHIBA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Average shear wave velocity; Geomorphologic classification; Japan Engineering Geomorphologic Classification Map; Site amplification

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; GEOMORPHOLOGIC CLASSIFICATION; JAPAN ENGINEERING GEOMORPHOLOGIC CLASSIFICATION MAP; PEAK GROUND VELOCITY (PGV); SITE AMPLIFICATION;

BOREHOLES; DATA PROCESSING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAPPING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WAVE EFFECTS;

SHEAR WAVES;

EID: 33744825438     PISSN: 02898063     EISSN: 02898063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2208/jsceseee.23.57s     Document Type: Article

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