| Abstract: | Young Holocene deposits of the Duwamish River valley underlie a highly developed transportation-industrial corridor, extending from the City of Kent to the Elliott Bay-Harbor Island marine terminal facilities. The deposits have been shaped by relative sea-level rise, but also by episodic volcanism and seismicity. A geologic and geotechnical investigation of these river-mouth deposits indicates high initial liquefaction susceptibility during earthquakes, and possibly the potential for unlimited-strain disintegrative flow failure of the delta front. |
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| ProdID: | 70021519 |
| Citation Author: | Kayen, Robert, E.; Barnhardt, Walter, A.; Palmer, Stephen, P. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Monograph |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Geomorphological and geotechnical issues affecting the seismic slope stability of the Duwamish River Delta, Port of Seattle, Washington; 1999; Article; Journal; Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Monograph; Kayen, Robert, E.; Barnhardt, Walter, A.; Palmer, Stephen, P. |
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| Citation Year: | 1999 |
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| Text: | Geomorphological and geotechnical issues affecting the seismic slope stability of the Duwamish River Delta, Port of Seattle, Washington; 1999; Article; Journal; Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Monograph; Kayen, Robert, E.; Barnhardt, Walter, A.; Palmer, Stephen, P. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Fri, 1 Jan 1999 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | ASCE |
