Geophysical investigation of the success dam foundation: An overview

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 21-30

  Hunter, Lewis E ^a   Powers, Michael H ^b   Haines, Seth ^b   Asch, Theodore ^b   Burton, Bethany L ^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

EARTHQUAKES; FOUNDATIONS; MAGNETOTELLURICS; REFRACTION; SHEAR WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY;

AUDIO MAGNETOTELLURICS; DETAILED ENGINEERING STUDIES; EARTHQUAKE SHAKING; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; HIGHER RESOLUTION IMAGES; LARGE-SCALE DEFORMATION; SEISMIC REFRACTION TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNICAL BACKGROUND;

DAMS;

EID: 84867254147     PISSN: 15548015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4133/1.2924672     Document Type: Conference Paper

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