Factors affecting the greater damage in the Avcilar area of Istanbul during the 17 August 1999 Izmit earthquake

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-232

  Dalgic S ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Basin geometry; Earthquake; Morphology; North Anatolian Fault; Turkey

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; ROCKS; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

EPICENTER; GROUND MOTION;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; KOCAELI EARTHQUAKE 1999; SITE EFFECT;

EURASIA; ISTANBUL [ISTANBUL (PRV)]; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 4344662043     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-004-0234-9     Document Type: Article

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