NEHRP soil classification and estimation of 1-D site effect of Dehradun fan deposits using shear wave velocity

Engineering Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 232-240

  Mahajan, A K ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

1 D site effect; Amplification; Dehradun; Multichannel analysis of surface waves; NW Himalaya; Seismic reflection; Shear wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKES; FLUID DYNAMICS; REFLECTION; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES; SOILS; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES;

1-D SITE EFFECT; DEHRADUN; MULTICHANNEL ANALYSIS OF SURFACE WAVES; NW HIMALAYA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY;

SURFACE ANALYSIS;

AMPLIFICATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SITE EFFECT; SOIL CLASSIFICATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 61349173957     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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