Constraining regional paleo peak ground acceleration from back analysis of prehistoric landslides: Example from Sea of Galilee, Dead Sea transform

Tectonophysics

Volumn 490, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 81-92

  Yagoda Biran, Gony ^a   Hatzor, Yossef H ^a   Amit, Rivka ^b   Katz, Oded ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Back analysis; Earthquakes; Landslides; Limit equilibrium; PGA; Seismic hazard

Indexed keywords

19TH CENTURY; ACCURATE ESTIMATION; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BACK ANALYSIS; DEAD SEA; GROUND WATER LEVEL; INSTRUMENTAL DATA; LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM; LOWER BOUNDS; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; PALEOSEISMIC TRENCHING; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; PSEUDOSTATIC; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMICALLY ACTIVE REGION; SLIP SURFACES; SLOPE GEOMETRY; STANDARD SOLUTIONS; STUDY AREAS; TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS;

EARTHQUAKES; GROUNDWATER; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER LEVELS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

LANDSLIDES;

BACK ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUND MOTION; HISTORICAL RECORD; LANDSLIDE; LIMIT ANALYSIS; PALEOSEISMICITY; PEAK ACCELERATION; THRESHOLD;

DEAD SEA RIFT; ISRAEL; NORTHERN DISTRICT; SEA OF GALILEE;

EID: 77954032620     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.04.029     Document Type: Article

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