Assessment of site effects of a shallow and wide basin using geotechnical information-based spatial characterization

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1028-1044

  Sun, Chang Guk ^a   Chung, Choong Ki ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Basin effects; Geotechnical information system; GIS; Seismic response analysis; Site effects

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKES; ELASTIC WAVES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHEAR WAVES; SOILS; SURFACE WAVES; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WATER PIPELINES;

BASIN EFFECTS; GEOTECHNICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; GIS; SEISMIC RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SITE EFFECTS;

SEISMOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BOREHOLE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GIS; GROUND MOTION; IN SITU TEST; S-WAVE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SITE EFFECT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GYEONGJU; KOREA; NORTH KYONGSANG; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 53749089479     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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