Liquefaction response of soils in Mid-America evaluated by seismic cone tests

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 97, 2000, Pages 1-16

  Schneider, James A ^a   Mayne, Paul W ^b  

^a GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; EXTRAPOLATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEVEES; SAND; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; STRESS ANALYSIS; SUBSIDENCE;

CYCLIC RESISTANCE; CYCLIC STRESS RATIO; SAND BOILS; SAND DIKES; SEISMIC PIEZOCONE PENETRATION TESTS (SCPTU);

SOIL LIQUEFACTION;

EID: 0033682625     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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