Soil quality as a factor of the distribution of damages at the meizoseismal area of the Kozani-Grevena 1995 earthquake, in Greece ( Ms = 6.6)
Abstract
The physical and mechanical properties of the soil formations were related to the damages observed in Kozani and Grevena area, in Northern Greece, after the earth-quake of 13th May 1995 ( Ms = 6.6). Properties such as grain size distribution, plasticity, shear strength, compression index, permeability and ultrasonic velocity were measured in order to classify the suitability of the soil formations, for urban planning, and correlate their mechanical behaviour with the damages observed in the construction. According to our observations, a great number of recent buildings were damaged also in areas far away from the seismotectonic zones, where silty and clayey soils dominate, presenting very low permeability, low ultrasonic velocity together with high plasticity and compressibility.
- Publication:
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Journal of Geodynamics
- Pub Date:
- 1998
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0264-3707(97)00074-4
- Bibcode:
- 1998JGeo...26..393C