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- Title
- Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989. Earth Structures and Engineering Characterization of Ground Motion.
- File
- PB99129975.pdf
- Author(s)
- Holzer, T. L.
- Source
- January 1998, 86 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- USGS-PP-1552-D
- Abstract
- ;Contents: Introduction; Performance of earth dams during the Loma Prieta earthquake; Analysis of soil-nailed excavations stability during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake; Empirical analysis of peak horizontal acceleration, peak horizontal velocity, and modified mercalli intensity; and Attenuation of vertical and horizontal response spectra of the Loma Prieta earthquake.
- Keywords
- Seismic velocity; Damage assessment; Central Region (California); Seismic events; Loma Prieta Earthquake; Seismic waves; Peak values; Earthquake damage; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Engineering structures; Acceleration; Soil-structure interactions; Earth dams; Excavation; Seismic effects