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Liquefaction sites, Imperial Valley, California.

T. L. Youd·M.J. Bennett
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Sands that did and did not liquefy at two sites during the 1979 Imperial Valley, Calif., earthquake (ML = 6.6) are identified and their properties evaluated. SPT tests were used to evaluate liquefaction susceptibility. Loose fine sands in an abandoned channel liquefied and produced sand boils, ground fissures, and a lateral spread at the Heber Road sites. Evidence of liquefaction was not observed over moderately dense over-bank sand east of the channel nor over dense point-bar sand to the west. -from ASCE Publications Information

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T. L. Youd, M.J. Bennett. 1983. Liquefaction sites, Imperial Valley, California.. https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)0733-9410(1983)109%3A3(440)

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