Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Presentation Date
01 May 1981, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Abstract
The mechanism and reoccurrence rule of surface faulting have been analyzed based on macroscopic inspection and testing in the background of Tangshan earthquake 1976 and other events. It has been proved that such surface faulting bas only limited effect on surface structures nearby. And most of the surface ruptures in soil layer occurred in most earthquake zones are not the causative faults from focus up to the ground surface. Thus its seismic effect should be reestimated.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
1st International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1981 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Wang, Zhong-qi; Zhao, Shu-tung; and Huang, Zheng-lu, "Mechanism of Surface Faulting and its Seismic Effect" (1981). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 2.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/01icrageesd/session08/2
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Mechanism of Surface Faulting and its Seismic Effect
St. Louis, Missouri
The mechanism and reoccurrence rule of surface faulting have been analyzed based on macroscopic inspection and testing in the background of Tangshan earthquake 1976 and other events. It has been proved that such surface faulting bas only limited effect on surface structures nearby. And most of the surface ruptures in soil layer occurred in most earthquake zones are not the causative faults from focus up to the ground surface. Thus its seismic effect should be reestimated.
