Fault rupture assessments for high-pressure pipelines in the Southern San Francisco Bay area, California

Proceedings of the Biennial International Pipeline Conference, IPC

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 313-320

  Kelson, Keith I ^a   Hart, James D ^b   Hitchcock, Christopher S ^a   Gamble, James C ^c   Dauby, Frank ^c   Baldwin, John N ^a   Lee, Chin Hung ^c  

^a William Lettis and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b SSD Inc   (United States)

^c PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CROSSINGS (PIPE AND CABLE); DECISION THEORY; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GRAVEL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS PIPELINES; PROBABILITY; SEISMOLOGY;

FAULT RUPTURE; GEOLOGIC FIELD MAPPING; PIPELINE FAULT CROSSINGS; SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA;

HIGH PRESSURE PIPELINES;

EID: 18144392317     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ipc2004-0212     Document Type: Conference Paper

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