Compressional and shear wave seismic refraction tomography at success dam, Porterville, California

Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophyics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, SAGEEP

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 31-40

  Powers, Michael H ^a   Haines, Seth ^a   Burton, Bethany L ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DAMS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

COLLAPSE POTENTIAL; CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; LOW VELOCITY ZONES; SEISMIC REFRACTION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHIC VELOCITY; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 79952125891     PISSN: 15548015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4133/1.2924684     Document Type: Conference Paper

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