Geology of Los Angeles, California, United States of America: Foreword

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-160

  Bilodeau, William I ^a   Bilodeau, Sally W ^b   Gath, Eldon M ^c   Oborne, Mark ^d   Proctor, Richard J ^d   Hatheway, Allen W ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENSR Corporation   (United States)

^c Earth Consultants International Inc   (United States)

^d Department of Public Works ^*

Author keywords

Asphaltum; Blind Thrust Fault; Earthquake; Floods; Geology; Hazardous Waste; La Brea Tar Pits; Landslide; Liquefaction; Los Angeles; Methane Hazard Mitigation; Oil and Gas Deposits of Los Angeles; Pier 400; Port of Los Angeles; Seismic Retrofit; Solid Waste

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248965256     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.13.2.99     Document Type: Editorial

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