Topographic Effects in Earthquake Ground Motions: Insights Gained from Field Studies of Frequency and Predictable Mining Seismicity
November 9, 2012 4:00 p.m. in ETC 2.136 Professor Brady R. Cox Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering The University of Texas at Austin http://www.caee.utexas.edu/technical-areas/geotechnical-engineering.html Topographic effects, in the context of earthquake engineering, refer to a commonly recognized phenomenon that causes amplification and frequency alteration in ground motions measured in the vicinity of a topographic…