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Puerto Rico soils classification maps according to the 1994 National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program: Humacao

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Puerto Rico Strong Motion, Program
Pando-López, Miguel A.
Ramos-Cabeza, Ricardo
López-Rodríguez, Ricardo R.
Saffar, Ali
Suárez, Luis E.
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College
College of Engineering
Department
Department of Civil Engineering
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Date
2010
Abstract
Compilation of Soil Type Classification Maps according to the 1994 National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (NEHRP, 1994), which was adopted by the 1997 Uniform Building Code (UBC, 1997) and later by modern codes. This record includes maps for the municipalities of Humacao (7 segments).

Recopilación de Mapas de la Clasificación de Tipos de Suelos según el Programa Nacional de Reducción de Peligrosidad Sísmica de 1994 (NEHRP, 1994), clasificación que fue adoptada por el Código de Edificación Uniforme de 1997 (UBC, 1997) y luego por códigos modernos. Se incluyen los mapas para las ciudad de Humacao (7 segmentos).
Keywords
Soil type maps,
Puerto Rico site classes,
NEHRP classification,
Geotechnical earthquake engineering,
Humacao soil profiles
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Puerto Rico Strong Motion, P., Pando-López, M. A., Ramos-Cabeza, R., López-Rodríguez, R. R., Saffar, A., & Suárez, L. E. (2010). Puerto Rico soils classification maps according to the 1994 National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program: Humacao [Map]. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11801/2589