Delineation of a collapse feature in a noisy environment using a multichannel surface wave technique

Geotechnique

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-27

  Xia, J ^a   Chen, C ^b   Li, P H ^c   Lewis, M J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c Earth Resources Technology Inc   (United States)

^d Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant   (United States)

Author keywords

Case history; Environmental engineering; In situ testing; Tunnels

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PIPE; SEISMOLOGY;

DRAIN PIPES; NOISY ENVIRONMENTS;

SURFACE WAVES;

BURIED STRUCTURE; COLLAPSE; PIPELINE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SUBSIDENCE; SURFACE WAVE;

EID: 1342331814     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2004.54.1.17     Document Type: Article

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