Applications of a GIS-based geotechnical tool to assess spatial earthquake hazards in an urban area

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1987-2001

  Sun, Chang Guk ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Earthquake ground motion; Geotechnical information; Seismic zonation; Site effects; Spatial finite element model

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; GEOTECHNICAL INFORMATION; SEISMIC ZONATION; SITE EFFECTS;

EARTHQUAKES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPS; SEISMIC DESIGN; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOTECHNICAL SURVEY; GIS; GROUND MOTION; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; RISK ASSESSMENT; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC ZONE; SITE EFFECT; SITE INVESTIGATION; URBAN AREA; WAVE VELOCITY;

GYEONGJU; NORTH KYONGSANG; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84858283837     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1180-z     Document Type: Article

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