Topographic site effects and the location of earthquake induced landslides

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 275, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 221-232

  Meunier, Patrick ^a   Hovius, Niels ^a   Haines, John Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

earthquake; ground motion; landslides; natural hazards; site effects

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC AMPLIFICATIONS; CALIFORNIA; CONSISTENT; DENSITY SCALES; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTERS; EPICENTRAL AREAS; GEOLOGICAL SUBSTRATES; GROUND ACCELERATIONS; GROUND MOTION; IMPEDANCE OPERATORS; LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITIES; MOUNTAIN RIDGES; NATURAL HAZARDS; NEW ZEALAND; NORTHRIDGE; P WAVES; PAPUA NEW GUINEAS; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATIONS; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATIONS; S WAVES; SITE EFFECTS; SLOPE FAILURES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STEEP SLOPES; TOPOGRAPHIC CONTROLS; VALLEY TOPOGRAPHIES;

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKES; ELASTIC WAVES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LANDSLIDES; SEISMIC WAVES; SLOPE STABILITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACCELERATION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GROUND MOTION; LANDSLIDE; NATURAL HAZARD; SEISMIC WAVE; SITE EFFECT; SLOPE FAILURE;

ASIA; BRETAGNE; CALIFORNIA; CHICHI; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; FINISTERE; FRANCE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHRIDGE; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54249113913     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.020     Document Type: Article

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