Soil Liquefaction during Recent Large-Scale Earthquakes

CRC Press

Soil Liquefaction during Recent Large-Scale EarthquakesAuthor(s): Rolando P. Orense, Ikuo Towhata, Nawawi Chouw\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9781138026438, 978-1138026438\nSynopsis\nSoil Liquefaction during Recent Large-Scale Earthquakes contains selected papers presented at the New Zealand Japan Workshop on Soil Liquefaction during Recent Large-Scale Earthquakes (Auckland, New Zealand, 2-3 December 2013). \n\nThe [tel] Canterbury earthquakes in New Zealand and the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake in Japan have caused significant damage to many residential houses due to varying degrees of soil liquefaction over a very wide extent of urban areas unseen in past destructive earthquakes. While soil liquefaction occurred in naturally-sedimented soil formations in Christchurch, most of the areas which liquefied in Tokyo Bay area were reclaimed soil and artificial fill deposits, thus providing researcher.