Surface seismic methods for locating and tracing earth fissures and other significant discontinuities in cemented unsaturated soils and earthen structures

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 147, 2006, Pages 601-612

  Rucker, Michael L ^a,c   Holmquist, Otto C ^b  

^a AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

^b GEOLINES LLC   (United States)

^c ASCE ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH FISSURE; EARTHEN STRUCTURES; SEISMIC REFRACTION DATA.;

CRACK INITIATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLOOD CONTROL; GEOLOGY; HAZARDS; SOILS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 33845536026     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40802(189)46     Document Type: Conference Paper

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