Response spectra for the deep sediment-filled Rhône Valley in the Swiss Alps

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-38

  Havenith, Hans Balder ^a,b   Fäh, Donat ^a   Alvarez Rubio, Sonia ^a,c   Roten, Daniel ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos Canales y Puertos   (Spain)

Author keywords

1D and 2D amplification; Bedrock relief; Design spectra; Q factor; Rh ne valley; Spectral acceleration

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BUILDING CODES; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMOLOGY;

1D AND 2D AMPLIFICATION; BEDROCK RELIEF; EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; EUROCODE 8; FUNDAMENTAL PERIODS; NUMERICAL MODELING; Q-FACTOR; SEDIMENT STRUCTURES; SPECTRAL ACCELERATION; SPECTRAL ACCELERATIONS; SWISS ALPS; VALLEY SITES;

LANDFORMS;

BEDROCK; GROUND MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; Q FACTOR; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SOIL PROFILE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RHONE VALLEY; SWISS PLATEAU; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 55049083490     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2008.01.016     Document Type: Article

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