Field occurrences of liquefaction-induced features: A primer for engineering geologic analysis of paleoseismic shaking

Engineering Geology

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 209-234

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

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b EqLiq Consulting   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Energy center; Liquefaction susceptibility; Paleoliquefaction; Paleoseismicity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOLOGY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; LIQUEFACTION; TECTONICS;

GEOLOGIC ANALYSIS; GEOLOGIC FIELDS; PALEOSEISMIC SHAKING; PALEOSEISMICITY;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

HOLOCENE; LIQUEFACTION; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLEISTOCENE;

EID: 10944267101     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2004.07.009     Document Type: Review

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