Liquefaction at moss landing during loma prieta earthquake

Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 453-467

  Boulanger, Ross W ^a   Mejia, Lelio H ^b   Idriss, Izzat M ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SEISMIC WAVES; SOIL TESTING;

CONE PENETRATION TESTS (CPT); LATERAL SHORELINE SPREADING; SEISMIC SHEAR;

SOIL LIQUEFACTION;

DEFORMATION; LIQUEFACTION; LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE 1989; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE EFFECT;

USA, CALIFORNIA, MOSS LANDING;

EID: 0031148176     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1997)123:5(453)     Document Type: Article

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