Site effects in unstable rock slopes: Dynamic behavior of the Randa instability (Switzerland)

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3110-3116

  Moore, Jeffrey R ^a   Gischig, Valentin ^a   Burjanek, Jan ^a   Loew, Simon ^a   Fäh, Donat ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENTS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; ELASTIC MODELS; GROUND-MOTION; HARD ROCKS; IN-SITU; PHASE ANALYSIS; ROCK SLOPE; SEISMIC MEASUREMENTS; SEISMIC SHAKING; SITE EFFECTS; SITE RESPONSE; SPECTRAL AMPLIFICATION FACTOR; SWITZERLAND; TENSION FRACTURES; UNSTABLE ROCK; WAVEFIELDS;

AMPLIFICATION; ANCHORAGES (FOUNDATIONS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKES; FRACTURE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POLARIZATION; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

ROCKS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FRACTURE; GROUND MOTION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; SHAKING TABLE TEST; SITE EFFECT; SLOPE STABILITY; VIBRATION; WAVE FIELD;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 83255184642     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120110127     Document Type: Article

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