Paleoliquefaction studies in continental settings

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 359, Issue , 2002, Pages 13-27

  Obermeier, Stephen F ^a,b   Pond, Eric C ^c   Olson, Scott M ^d   Green, Russell A ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b EqLiq Consulting   (United States)

^c KLEINFELDER   (United States)

^d URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GUIDELINE; LIQUEFACTION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC SOURCE;

EID: 84870883033     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2359-0.13     Document Type: Review

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