Impact of river channelization on seismic risk: Shelby County, Tennessee

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-11

  Van Arsdale, Roy ^a   Waldron, Brian ^b   Ramsey, Natasha ^a   Parrish, Shane ^a   Yates, Rhonda ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Channelization; Liquefaction; Rivers; Seismic hazard; Tennessee

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL VELOCITY; CHANNELIZATION; SEISMIC HAZARDS; TENNESSEE;

BRIDGES; CHANNEL FLOW; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; LIQUEFACTION; PIPELINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEISMOLOGY;

FLOOD CONTROL;

CANIS;

EID: 0042095104     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2003)4:1(2)     Document Type: Article

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