Location
New York, New York
Date
17 Apr 2004, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Abstract
The Adriatic coastal area of Albania, as one of the most seismic areas of Albania, where the most of the population of the country is concentrated, is characterized by flat topographic conditions with many sandy beaches and lagoons, filled by recent Quaternary sediments of thickness from 100-150 m, down to bedrocks with shallow underground water level. During recent earthquakes many liquefaction phenomena of interest were observed in this area. The liquefaction phenomena during the great earthquake of April 15, 1979(Ms=6.9, Io=IX degrees) were detected and studied personally by the author and presented in this paper. Based on those data and other case studies, an assessment of the liquefaction potential was performed for the most important coastal cities of Durres and Vlora
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
5th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2004 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
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Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Kociu, Siasi, "Induced Seismic Impacts Observed in Coastal Area of Albania: Case Studies" (2004). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 11.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/5icchge/session03/11
Induced Seismic Impacts Observed in Coastal Area of Albania: Case Studies
New York, New York
The Adriatic coastal area of Albania, as one of the most seismic areas of Albania, where the most of the population of the country is concentrated, is characterized by flat topographic conditions with many sandy beaches and lagoons, filled by recent Quaternary sediments of thickness from 100-150 m, down to bedrocks with shallow underground water level. During recent earthquakes many liquefaction phenomena of interest were observed in this area. The liquefaction phenomena during the great earthquake of April 15, 1979(Ms=6.9, Io=IX degrees) were detected and studied personally by the author and presented in this paper. Based on those data and other case studies, an assessment of the liquefaction potential was performed for the most important coastal cities of Durres and Vlora
