A study on the identification of liquefaction-induced failures on ground surface based on the data from the 1999 Kocaeli and Chi-Chi earthquakes

Engineering Geology

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 112-125

  Sonmez, Bora ^a   Ulusay, Resat ^a   Sonmez, Harun ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chi Chi earthquake; Kocaeli earthquake; Lateral spreading; Liquefaction; Liquefaction severity index; Standard penetration test; Surface disruption

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SEISMOLOGY; ZONING;

LIQUEFACTION SEVERITY INDEX; SEISMICITY;

SOIL LIQUEFACTION;

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; CONE PENETRATION TEST; DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; GROUND IMPROVEMENT; GROUND MOVEMENT; KOCAELI EARTHQUAKE 1999; LIQUEFACTION; SEISMICITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; IZMIT BAY; KOCAELI [TURKEY]; TAIWAN; TURKEY;

EID: 40649106916     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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