Dynamic properties of sherman island peat

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-20

  Boulanger, Ross W ^a   Arulnathan, Rajendram ^a   Harder Jr , Leslie F ^b   Torres, Ralphael A ^b   Driller, Michael W ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b State C ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSION TESTING; CONSOLIDATION; ELASTIC WAVES; SOIL TESTING; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BENDER ELEMENT TESTS;

PEAT;

EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; LEVEE; PEAT; SEISMIC RISK; SOIL DYNAMICS;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA;

EID: 0031939182     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1998)124:1(12)     Document Type: Article

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