Geotechnical aspects of the January 13, 2001 El Salvador earthquake

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 57-68

  Orense, Rolando ^a   Vargas Monge, William ^b   Cepeda, Jose ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c Central American University José Simeón Cañas   (El Salvador)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Landslide; Liquefaction; Site investigation (IGC: D7 E8)

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; LANDSLIDES; LIQUEFACTION; SOIL MECHANICS;

GROUND FAILURE; GROUND SHAKING; SITE INVESTIGATION (IGC: D7/E8); SOIL DEPOSITS; VOLCANIC DEPOSITS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 7444257022     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.42.4_57     Document Type: Article

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