Soil amplification in Hong Kong under far field earthquakes

Soft Soil Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 245-250

  Chau, K T ^a   Lo, J H Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DAMPING; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GEOLOGY; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; RARE EARTHS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; SOIL LIQUEFACTION; SOILS;

AMPLIFICATION FACTORS; DAMPING CHARACTERISTICS; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE DESIGNS; EARTHQUAKE SHAKING; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; SHEAR WAVE SPEED; SOIL AMPLIFICATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 85044723774     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203739501     Document Type: Chapter

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