Seismic rehabilitation of earth dams

Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-20

  Marcuson III, W F ^a,c   Hadala, P F ^a,b,c   Ledbetter, R H ^a,c  

^a U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b Louisiana Tech University   (United States)

^c ASCE ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMS-EARTH; EMBANKMENTS; FOUNDATIONS; SEISMIC METHODS;

DAM; EARTH DAM; SEISMIC RETROFIT;

USA;

EID: 0030419623     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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