Geophysical investigations of earthen dams: An overview

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 286-299

  Hunter, Lewis E ^a   Powers, Michael H ^b  

^a US Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CLASS I; CLASS II; COMPRESSIONAL; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTROMAGNETICS; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GEOTECHNICAL INFORMATION; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SELF POTENTIAL; TIME DOMAIN; U.S. ARMY; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

GEOPHYSICS; SHEAR FLOW; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DAMS;

EID: 84865504177     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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