Outstanding advances have been achieved on Earthquake Geotechnical
Engineering and Microzonation in the last decade mostly due to the
increase in the recorded instrumental in-situ data and large number of
case studies conducted in analyzing the observed effects during the
recent major earthquakes. During the 15th International Conference on
Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering held in Istanbul in August
2001, the Technical Committee of Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering,
(TC4) of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering organised a regional seminar on Geotechnical Earthquake
Engineering and Microzonation where an effort has been made to present
the recent advances in the field by eminent scientists and researchers.
The book idea was first suggested by the participants of this seminar.
The purpose of this book as well as of the seminar was to present the
broad spectrum of earthquake geotechnical engineering and seismic
microzonation including strong ground motion, site characterisation,
site effects, liquefaction, seismic microzonation, solid waste landfills
and foundation engineering. The subject matter requires
multidisciplinary input from different fields of engineering seismology,
soil dynamics, geotechnical and structural engineering. The chapters in
this book are prepared by some of the distinguished lecturers who took
part in the seminar supplemented with contributions of few distinguished
experts in the field of earthquake geotechnical engineering. The editor
would like to express his gratitude to all authors for their interest
and efforts in preparing their manuscripts. Without their enthusiasm and
support, it would not have been possible to complete this book.
