Site response studies in Agartala Urban agglomeration

Natural Hazards

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 329-345

  Chowdhuri, S N ^a   Singh, O P ^a   Majumdar, R K ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Liquefaction; Peak amplification; Peak frequency; Site response; Standard penetration test

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIQUEFACTION; MICROEARTHQUAKE; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SEISMOGRAPH; SOIL DYNAMICS; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 80052298500     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9759-y     Document Type: Article

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