Dynamic Shake Testing of a Model Levee on Peaty Organic Soil in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is the hub of California's water distribution system, which consists of below sea-level islands surrounded by levees. Delta levees are constructed of local fill, have typically been unengineered and are notorious for breaching, causing flooding of the islands in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reinert, Edward Thomas
Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: eScholarship, University of California 2014
Subjects:
Civil engineering
Geotechnology
Field Test
Levee
Peat
Shaker
Sherman Island
Online Access:http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5ff3q01n
http://n2t.net/ark:/13030/m5m630gf

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