The behaviour of a man-made Island during the Great Hanshin Earthquake, Japan

The behaviour of a man-made Island during the Great Hanshin Earthquake, Japan

This paper describes the behaviour of Port Island in Kobe City during and after the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 17 January 1995. The island is near the city centre and was constructed on the soft seabed in Kobe Port. A vertical array of four seismometers and pore water pressure sensors recorded the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Natural hazards (Dordrecht) 1997-11, Vol.16 (2-3), p.267-285
1. Verfasser: TANAKA, Y
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cities
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Earthquakes
Earthquakes, seismology
Exact sciences and technology
Internal geophysics
Ocean floor
Pore water
Pressure sensors
Seismic activity
Water pressure
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Zusammenfassung:This paper describes the behaviour of Port Island in Kobe City during and after the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 17 January 1995. The island is near the city centre and was constructed on the soft seabed in Kobe Port. A vertical array of four seismometers and pore water pressure sensors recorded the response of the ground during and after the earthquake. This study shows how the stiffness of the ground dropped and recovered during and after the earthquake.
ISSN:0921-030X
1573-0840
DOI:10.1023/A:1007900702802