Levee evaluation using masw: Preliminary findings from the citrus lakefront levee, new orleans, louisiana

Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society - 21st Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 574-583

  Lane, John W ^a   Ivanov, Julian ^b   Day Lewis, Frederick D ^a   Clemens, Drew ^c   Patev, Robert ^c   Miller, Richard D ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL LAYER; BORING LOGS; DIFFERENTIAL SETTLEMENTS; DISPERSION CURVES; DYNAMIC PROCESS; FILTERING TECHNIQUE; GEOLOGIC HETEROGENEITY; GEOPHYSICAL TOOLS; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; HORIZONTAL LAYERS; HORIZONTAL VARIATION; HURRICANE KATRINA; INTERPRETABILITY; LATERAL VARIATIONS; LEAN CLAY; LEVEE SYSTEM; LOUISIANA; MULTI-CHANNEL ANALYSIS OF SURFACE WAVES; NEW ORLEANS; NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENTS; PLEISTOCENE; SEISMIC DATAS; SEISMIC METHODS; SEISMIC SOURCE; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; SILTY SANDS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

CLAY DEPOSITS; DISPERSIONS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES;

LEVEES;

EID: 84865463451     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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