Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Presentation Date
14 Mar 1991, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Abstract
The geotechnical units forming the foundation soil of Valparaiso city and constituting seven zones that exhibit different stratigraphic sequences are characterized. In addition, the evolution of the artificial backfilling’s located in the seaport is reported. The damages causes by Chile Earthquake of March 3, 1985 allow to establish for each zone the MSK intensities, which are varying between 7 1/2 and 8 1/2 in the flat-ground sector of Valparaiso, and between 7 1/4 and 7 1/2 in the hills. The major intensity in the flat sector is observed in areas whose artificial backfilling’s are exhibiting greater thickness and less consistency or less compacity.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1991 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
Acevedo, P.; Monge, J.; and Astroza, M., "Geotechnical Units and the Damages Caused by Earthquakes in Valparaiso - Chile" (1991). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 9.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/02icrageesd/session09/9
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Geotechnical Units and the Damages Caused by Earthquakes in Valparaiso - Chile
St. Louis, Missouri
The geotechnical units forming the foundation soil of Valparaiso city and constituting seven zones that exhibit different stratigraphic sequences are characterized. In addition, the evolution of the artificial backfilling’s located in the seaport is reported. The damages causes by Chile Earthquake of March 3, 1985 allow to establish for each zone the MSK intensities, which are varying between 7 1/2 and 8 1/2 in the flat-ground sector of Valparaiso, and between 7 1/4 and 7 1/2 in the hills. The major intensity in the flat sector is observed in areas whose artificial backfilling’s are exhibiting greater thickness and less consistency or less compacity.
