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Gazetas G. A class of inhomogeneous shear models for seismic response of dams and embankments. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
1985;4(4):166-182. 2. Boas M. Mathematical Methods in Physical Sciences. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1983. 3. Roesset JM.
Soil amplification of earthquakes. In: Desai CS, Christian JT, editors. Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Chapter 19. John
Wiley, 1977. 4. Mononobe N, Takata A, Matamura M. Seismic stability of earth dams. In: Proceedings of the 2nd Congress on Large Dams.
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