Site effects in Mexico City eight years after the September 1985 Michoacan earthquakes

FJ Chavez-Garcia, PY Bard - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 1994 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to take a comprehensive look at site effects in Mexico City for
the 1985 Michoacan earthquake. We examine, successively, 1D and 2D models. For the …

Seismic response of the Mexico City Basin: A review of twenty years of research

H Flores-Estrella, S Yussim, C Lomnitz - Natural Hazards, 2007 - Springer
Mexico City, political and economic center of Mexico, was founded in a lake, at more than
2000 m above sea level. The lacustrine mud under the downtown area is associated with …

[PDF][PDF] Adaptive pathways and coupled infrastructure: seven centuries of adaptation to water risk and the production of vulnerability in Mexico City.

B Tellman, JC Bausch, H Eakin… - Ecology & …, 2018 - researchgate.net
Infrastructure development is central to the processes that abate and produce vulnerabilities
in cities. Urban actors, especially those with power and authority, perceive and interpret …

Resonances and lander modes observed by InSight on Mars (1–9 Hz)

NL Dahmen, G Zenhäusern… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASAs) Interior
exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander …

The Mexico earthquake of September 19, 1985—On the seismic response of the Valley of Mexico

F Sánchez-Sesma, S Chávez-Pérez… - Earthquake …, 1988 - journals.sagepub.com
In order to explain damage and observed ground motions in Mexico City during the 1985
Michoacán earthquake, simultaneous consideration must be given to source, path, and site …

Ground motion parameters and resonance effect during strong earthquake in northern Thailand

LZ Mase, S Likitlersuang, T Tobita - Geotechnical and Geological …, 2021 - Springer
Several previous investigations have suggested that ground motion as described by various
parameters and resonance effects could have contributed to the damage observed during …

Basin-ring spacing on the Moon, Mercury, and Mars

RJ Pike, PD Spudis - Earth, Moon, and Planets, 1987 - Springer
Radial spacing between concentric rings of impact basins that lack central peaks is
statistically similar and nonrandom on the Moon, Mercury, and Mars, both inside and outside …

Amplification of earthquake ground motions in Washington, DC, and implications for hazard assessments in central and eastern North America

TL Pratt, JW Horton Jr, J Muñoz… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The extent of damage in Washington, DC, from the 2011 M w 5.8 Mineral, VA, earthquake
was surprising for an epicenter 130 km away; US Geological Survey “Did‐You‐Feel‐It” …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical modelling of resonance mechanisms in jointed rocks using transfer functions

H Holmes, C Paraskevopoulou, M Hildyard… - Journal of Rock …, 2023 - Elsevier
Resonance effects in parallel jointed rocks subject to stress waves are investigated using
transfer functions, derived from signals generated through numerical modelling. Resonance …

On the nature of regional seismic phases—III. The influence of crustal heterogeneity on the wavefield for subduction earthquakes: the 1985 Michoacan and 1995 …

T Furumura, BLN Kennett - Geophysical Journal International, 1998 - academic.oup.com
The most prominent feature of the regional seismic wavefield from about 150 to over 1000
km is usually the Lg phase. This arrival represents trapped S-wave propagation within the …