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Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and
Measurement of Soil Propertiess
Richard P. Ray, Ph.D., P.E.Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of South Carolina
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Topics for Today-Geotech EE
Geology and Seismology of Earthquakes Transmission of Earthquake Energy Study of Near Field Soil-Structure Interaction Dynamic Earth Pressures and Slope Stability Liquefaction
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Summary of Geologic Features
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Figure 6—There are a lot of things going on in thisanimation. The 3 grids portray deformation in threezones of a subduction region. Three things to focus onare:1) The leading edge of the continental plate is lockedwith the subducting slab, thus gets shortened,building up energy as in the previous animation.The graph shows steady change in distance asthe land the GPS is mounted to is being forced landward.2) The center grid is the focus of “Episodic Tremor and Slip” as it is being forced landward by the affectsof subduction, but it occasionally backslides, apparently releasing some energy. This backslideis accompanied by earthquake tremors. The small GPS station sitting above the grid reflects theforward-backward motion. (This GPS is the focus of the next animation: 3A.GPS-graph-CU.mov Watchthe sawtooth pattern on the graph. (see “What is Episodic Tremor and Slip? next page.)3) The furthest inland station shows no deformation, thus the graph is flat: no change over time.
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