Incorporating the effects of topographic amplification and sliding areas in the modeling of earthquake-induced landslide hazards, using the cumulative displacement method

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 946-966

  Peng, Wen Fei ^a   Wang, Chein Lee ^a   Chen, Shih Tsu ^a   Lee, Shing Tsz ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Landslides; Newmark's method; Runout behavior; Seismic hazards; Topographic effect

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTIONS; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKES; DISPLACEMENT MAPS; DISPLACEMENT METHODS; GROUND MOTIONS; INPUT PARAMETERS; LANDSLIDE HAZARDS; NEWMARK'S METHOD; RUNOUT BEHAVIOR; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SLIDING MATERIALS; SOURCE AREAS; TIME-CONSUMING PROCEDURES; TOPOGRAPHIC AMPLIFICATIONS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC DESIGN; SOIL MECHANICS;

LANDSLIDES;

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; MODELING; SEISMIC HAZARD; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NANTOU; TAIWAN;

EID: 67349270076     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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