Engineering geologic and geotechnical analysis of paleoseismic shaking using liquefaction effects: Field examples

Engineering Geology

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 263-293

  Green, Russell A ^a   Obermeier, Stephen F ^b,c   Olson, Scott M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c EqLiq Consulting   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Liquefaction; New Madrid; Paleoliquefaction; Paleoseismic; Wabash Valley

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOLOGY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; LIQUEFACTION; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; SOILS;

GEOTECHNICAL ANALYSIS; PALEOLIQUIFACTION; PALEOSEISMIC STRENGTH; SOIL INDICES;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; LIQUEFACTION; PALEOSEISMICITY;

MISSOURI; NEW MADRID; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10944240117     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2004.07.026     Document Type: Review

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