Predicted liquefaction of East Bay fills during a repeat of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 22, Issue SPEC. ISS. 2, 2006, Pages

  Holzer, Thomas L ^a   Blair, J Luke ^a   Noce, Thomas E ^a   Bennett, Michael J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; SOIL LIQUEFACTION;

LIQUEFACTION RESISTANCE; SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FILL; GROUND MOTION; LIQUEFACTION; PREDICTION;

CALIFORNIA; CANADA; EAST BAY; NUNAVUT; SAN FRANCISCO [CALIFORNIA]; SOUTHAMPTON ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646587018     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.2188018     Document Type: Article

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