Liquefaction potential index: Field assessment

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-322

  Toprak, Selcuk ^a   Holzer, Thomas L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Earthquakes; Liquefaction

Indexed keywords

LIQUEFACTION; MATERIALS SCIENCE; PROBABILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

LIQUEFACTION POTENTIAL INDEX;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

CONE PENETRATION TEST; LIQUEFACTION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SOIL DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037850933     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2003)129:4(315)     Document Type: Article

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