Warning: Provisional document; continuously being modified.

1999 August 17 Kocaeli (Izmit), Turkey, Earthquake

Avcilar/Istanbul Building/Site Response

Based on work begun during the aftershock investigation of the earthquake,
see REPORT FROM THE FIELD: 03 Sep 1999,
the following paper,

Earthquake Damage, Site Response, and Building Response in Avcilar, West of Istanbul, Turkey
Edward Cranswick¹, Oguz Ozel², Mark Meremonte¹, Mustafa Erdik², Erdal Safak¹, Charles Mueller¹, Dee Overturf¹ and Arthur Frankel¹

¹ U.S. Geological Survey, MS 966, Box 25046, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, USA; cranswick@usgs.gov
² Earthquake Engineering Department, Kandilli Observatory & Earthquake Research Institute, Bogaziçi University, 81220 Çengelköy/ Istanbul, Turkey; ozeoguz@boun.edu.tr

has been prepared to be presented at:

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON THE KOCAELI EARTHQUAKE - 1999

ISTANBUL - TURKEY
December 2-5, 1999

A SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT AND
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RE-BUILDING

ORGANIZED BY

ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
FOR HOUSING SCIENCE – USA

Last modified 19 November 1999 by Edward Cranswick