1990/01/01 by Stephen F. Obermeier, Robert B. Jacobson, Joseph P. Smoot +4 · 1 citation
Engineering · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics #Coastal and Marine Dynamics #Geological formations and processes #Geology #Liquefaction #Silt #Fluvial #South carolina #Stratum #Geomorphology #Geotechnical engineering #Seismology #Geochemistry
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Many types of liquefaction-related features (sand blows, fissures, lateral spreads, dikes, and sills) have been induced by earthquakes in coastal South Carolina and in the New Madrid seismic zone in the Central United States. In addition, abundant features of unknown and nonseismic origin are present. Geologic criteria for interpreting an earthquake origin in these areas are illustrated in practical applications; these criteria can be used to determine the origin of liquefaction features in many other geographic and geologic settings.