Due to lack of understanding in mechanism of seismically induced deformations of municipal waste landfills, it is difficult to develop special methods to evaluate the seismic stability of landfills.

• 摘要城市垃圾填埋场是环境岩土工程研究领域面临的新问题，对其地震变形机理尚缺乏深入的了解，迄今难以建立专门的地震稳定性评价体系。