Assessment of Liquefaction Susceptibility of Geological Units in the Area of Gulf of Corinth, Greece
Location
San Diego, California
Presentation Date
27 May 2010, 4:30 pm - 6:20 pm
Abstract
The coastal area of Gulf of Corinth is characterized as medium to high seismicity zone since devastating earthquakes occurred during a 2500 years period. One of the most characteristic events is the 373 B.C. Eliki earthquake that triggered severe secondary effects including soil liquefaction and large scale landslides. The basic aim of this paper is the compilation of a map regarding the liquefaction susceptibility in the coastal area of Gulf of Corinth, Central Greece. In order to achieve this, we used data regarding the age and depositional process of sediments the value of peak ground acceleration (PGA) and the occurrence of historical liquefaction manifestation within the area. In particular, surficial geologic maps at 1:50.000 scale, published by the Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration of Greece, were used as baseline layer for mapping Quaternary sediments and past liquefaction sites were delineated, based on information provided by the web site of Database of Historical Liquefaction Occurrences in the broader Aegean region, DALO (http://users.auth.gr/gpapatha/dalo.htm ).
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
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Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Papathanassiou, George; Valkaniotis, Sotiris; and Pavlides, Spyros, "Assessment of Liquefaction Susceptibility of Geological Units in the Area of Gulf of Corinth, Greece" (2010). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 6.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/05icrageesd/session04/6
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Assessment of Liquefaction Susceptibility of Geological Units in the Area of Gulf of Corinth, Greece
San Diego, California
The coastal area of Gulf of Corinth is characterized as medium to high seismicity zone since devastating earthquakes occurred during a 2500 years period. One of the most characteristic events is the 373 B.C. Eliki earthquake that triggered severe secondary effects including soil liquefaction and large scale landslides. The basic aim of this paper is the compilation of a map regarding the liquefaction susceptibility in the coastal area of Gulf of Corinth, Central Greece. In order to achieve this, we used data regarding the age and depositional process of sediments the value of peak ground acceleration (PGA) and the occurrence of historical liquefaction manifestation within the area. In particular, surficial geologic maps at 1:50.000 scale, published by the Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration of Greece, were used as baseline layer for mapping Quaternary sediments and past liquefaction sites were delineated, based on information provided by the web site of Database of Historical Liquefaction Occurrences in the broader Aegean region, DALO (http://users.auth.gr/gpapatha/dalo.htm ).
