AN EVALUATION OF EARTHQUAKE GROUND-MOTION SITE EFFECTS AT TWO SITES UNDERLAIN BY DEEP SOILS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

Six earthquake acceleration time histories were used to evaluate the groundmotion response of two sites, VSAP and VSAS, near the New Madrid Seismic Zone. These earthquakes ranged in magnitude from Mw 3.6 to Mw 5.2 and were located 46 to 173 km away from the recording instruments. These two sites are...

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Main Author: McIntyre, Jonathan Larry
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2008
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Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_theses/562
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1566&context=gradschool_theses