3D soil structure of the Mygdonian basin for site response analysis

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1198-1211

  Manakou, M V ^a   Raptakis, D G ^a   Chavez Garcia F J ^b   Apostolidis, P I ^a   Pitilakis, K D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Geological structure; Microtremor array measurements; Mygdonian basin; Phase velocity dispersion curve; SPAC method; Vs velocity profile

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; 3D STRUCTURE; ALLUVIAL BASINS; BEDROCK SURFACES; DISPERSION CURVES; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; EUROSEISTEST; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS; MICROTREMOR ARRAY; NEW RESULTS; S-WAVE VELOCITY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY LAYERS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTARY SYSTEMS; SEISMIC RECORDS; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; SITE RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SOIL LAYER; SOIL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION METHODS; VELOCITY DISPERSION; VELOCITY PROFILES;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AUTOCORRELATION; MICROTREMOR; PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE EFFECT; SOIL STRUCTURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 77955555125     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2010.04.027     Document Type: Article

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