Search Results - "Woolery, Edward W"

Seismic hazard mapping and mitigation policy development in the central USA and western China by Wang, Zhenming, Orton, Alice M., Wang, Lanmin, Woolery, Edward W.

“…Communities need sound seismic hazard maps for formulating policies such as engineering design for buildings and other structures to reduce potential…”
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Using 2-D electrical resistivity imaging for joint geophysical and geotechnical characterization of shallow landslides by Crawford, Matthew M., Bryson, L. Sebastian, Woolery, Edward W., Wang, Zhenming

“…Electrical resistivity has become an increasingly popular technique for landslide investigations, providing insight into landslide type, location of the…”
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Linear site-response characteristics at central and eastern U.S. seismic stations by Carpenter, N. Seth, Wang, Zhenming, Woolery, Edward W.

“…Earthquake S waves can become trapped, or resonate, between the free surface and high-impedance basal layers, strongly contributing to site response at…”
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Nonlinear site response from the strong ground-motion recordings in western China by Rong, Mianshui, Wang, Zhenming, Woolery, Edward W., Lyu, Yuejun, Li, Xiaojun, Li, Shanyou

“…Strong ground-motion records from the mainshocks and aftershocks of the 2008 Wenchuan (Ms 8.0) and 2013 Lushan (Ms 7.0) earthquakes, within 300km from the…”
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SH-Mode Seismic-Reflection Imaging of Earthfill Dams by Woolery, Edward W.

“…Assessing subsurface characteristics and imaging geologic features (e.g., faults, cavities, low-velocity layers, etc.) are typical problems in near-surface…”
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Seismic site characterization with shear wave (SH) reflection and refraction methods by Hunter, James A., Crow, Heather L., Stephenson, William J., Pugin, André J.-M., Williams, Robert A., Harris, James B., Odum, Jack K., Woolery, Edward W.

“…Reflection and critically refracted seismic methods use traveltime measurements of body waves propagating between a source and a series of receivers on the…”
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Seismic Hazard Assessment for the Tianshui Urban Area, Gansu Province, China by Wang, Zhenming, Butler, David T., Woolery, Edward W., Wang, Lanmin

“…A scenario seismic hazard analysis was performed for the city of Tianshui. The scenario hazard analysis utilized the best available geologic and seismological…”
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Assessing Potential Ground-Motion Hazards from Induced Earthquakes by Wang, Zhenming, Carpenter, N. Seth, Zhang, Lifang, Woolery, Edward W

“…AbstractEarthquakes induced by the hydraulic fracturing and fluid injections pose hazards to communities in the United States, Canada, as well as other places…”
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Sublacustrine geomorphology and modern sedimentation in a glacial scour basin, June Lake, eastern Sierra Nevada, U.S.A by Lyon, Eva C, McGlue, Michael M, Woolery, Edward W, Kim, Sora L, Stone, Jeffery R, Zimmerman, Susan R. H

“…Small sub-alpine glacial lakes are often targeted as Holocene paleoclimate archives, but their evolution as landforms and depositional basins is understudied…”
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Effect of Dam Emplacement and Water Level Changes on Sublacustrine Geomorphology and Recent Sedimentation in Jackson Lake, Grand Teton National Park (Wyoming, United States) by McGlue, Michael M., Dilworth, John R., Johnson, Hillary L., Whitehead, Samuel J., Thigpen, J. Ryan, Yeager, Kevin M., Woolery, Edward W., Brown, Summer J., Johnson, Sarah E., Cearley, Cooper S., Clark, Gillian M., Dixon, T. Spencer, Goldsby, Ryan C., Helfrich, Autumn L., Hodelka, Bailee N., Lo, Edward L., Domingos-Luz, Leandro, Powell, Nicholas E., Rasbold, Giliane G., Swanger, William R.

“…Dam installation on a deep hydrologically open lake provides the experimental framework necessary to study the influence of outlet engineering and changing…”
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High-resolution seismic profiling reveals basin floor morphology, sedimentary processes, and shallow stratigraphy at Convict Lake (California, USA) by McGlue, Michael M., Woolery, Edward W.

“…The sediments of glacial lakes in the eastern Sierra Nevada (California, USA) hold promise as archives of hydroclimatic and ecological changes, which has…”
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3D near-surface soil response from H/V ambient-noise ratios by Woolery, Edward W., Street, Ron

“…The applicability of the horizontal-to-vertical (H/V) ambient-noise spectral ratio for characterizing earthquake site effects caused by near-surface topography…”
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Fault-controlled contaminant plume migration: Inferences from SH-wave reflection and electrical resistivity experiments by Almayahi, Ali, Woolery, Edward W.

“…A contaminant plume migrates within a shallow late-Tertiary gravel aquifer in an anomalous curvilinear pattern aligned with the general orientation of an…”
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Fault-controlled contaminant plume migration: Inferences from SH-wave reflection and electrical resistivity experiments by Almayahi, Ali, Woolery, Edward W.

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Long-term landslide monitoring using soil-water relationships and electrical data to estimate suction stress by Crawford, Matthew M., Bryson, L. Sebastian, Woolery, Edward W., Wang, Zhenming

“…Soil-moisture fluctuation in the unsaturated zone of shallow colluvial landslides is influenced by many geologic, geomorphic, and seasonal conditions…”
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Shallow SH-wave seismic investigation of the Mt. Angel Fault, Northwest Oregon, USA by Wang, Zhenming, Madin, Ian P., Woolery, Edward W.

“…The Mt. Angel Fault is likely one of the most active faults near the Portland metropolitan area, and was probably associated with the 1993 Scotts Mills…”
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Elevated lateral stress in unlithified sediment, Midcontinent, United States—geotechnical and geophysical indicators for a tectonic origin by Woolery, Edward W, Schaefer, Jeffrey A, Wang, Zhenming

“…Indirect and direct geotechnical measurements revealed the presence of high lateral earth pressure ( K o) in shallow, unlithified sediment at a site in the…”
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Horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio of S-waves and SH-wave transfer functions at the vertical seismic and strong-motion arrays in the Central United States by Wang, Zhenming, Seth Carpenter, N., Woolery, Edward W.

“…Spectral analyses were performed on S-waves of earthquake recordings from two vertical seismic and strong-motion arrays in the central United States to obtain…”
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Ground-motion site effect in the Beijing metropolitan area by Peng, Yanju, Wang, Zhenming, Woolery, Edward W., Lyu, Yuejun, Carpenter, N. Seth, Fang, Yi, Huang, Shuai

“…In the past 500 years, many moderate to strong earthquakes have occurred in or near the Beijing metropolitan area, which is underlain by thick Quaternary and…”
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NEHRP soil classifications for estimating site-dependent seismic coefficients in the Upper Mississippi Embayment by Street, Ron, Woolery, Edward W., Wang, Zhenming, Harris, James B.

“…Local soil conditions have a profound influence on the characteristics of ground shaking during an earthquake. Exceptionally deep soil deposits, on the order…”
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