Construed geotechnical characteristics of foundation beds by seismic measurements

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 126-138

  Othman, Adel A A ^a,b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Assiut Branch   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Geotechnical parameters; New Cairo City; Seismic refraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244473229     PISSN: 17422132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-2132/2/2/007     Document Type: Article

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