Microgravity investigations of foundation conditions

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 95-103

  Yule, Donald E ^a   Sharp, Michael K ^a   Butler, Dwain K ^a  

^a WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; FOUNDATIONS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

MICROGRAVITY SURVEYS;

GRAVITATIONAL PROSPECTING;

EID: 0031675854     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444331     Document Type: Article

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