Regional hazard assessment of earthquake-triggered slope instabilities considering site effects and seismic scenarios in Lorca basin (Spain)

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-196

  Rodríguez Peces, Martín J ^a   García Mayordomo, Julián ^b   Azañón, José M ^c   Jabaloy, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Betic Cordillera; GIS; Landslides; Newmark; Rockfalls; Site Effects

Indexed keywords

BETIC CORDILLERA; CRITICAL ACCELERATION; DETERMINISTIC SCENARIO; DISPLACEMENT MAPS; GROUND-MOTION AMPLIFICATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NEWMARK; REGIONAL MAPS; ROCK SLIDES; ROCKFALLS; SEISMIC SCENARIOS; SEISMICALLY ACTIVE REGION; SITE EFFECTS; SLOPE INSTABILITY; STUDY AREAS; TERRAIN GEOMETRY; TOPOGRAPHIC AMPLIFICATION;

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKES; LANDSLIDES; ROCK BURSTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GIS; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; ROCKFALL; SLIDING; SLOPE STABILITY;

LORCA BASIN; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84856462391     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.17.2.183     Document Type: Article

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