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Title: APPALACHIAN FOLDS, LATERAL RAMPS, AND BASEMENT FAULTS: A MODERN ENGINEERING PROBLEM?
Accession Number: 00468627
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Field studies and analysis of radar data have shown that cross-strike faulting in the central and southern Appalachians has affected geologic structures at the surface. These basement faults appear to have been active through much of geologic time. Indeed, more than 45 percent of modern earthquakes occur along these narrow zones here termed "lateral ramps." Because of this seismic activity, these lateral ramps are likely to be zones that are prone to slope failure. The engineer should be aware of the presence of such zones and the higher landslide potential along them.
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Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01418086
Authors: Pohn, Howard APagination: pp 132-133
Publication Date: 1987
Serial: ISBN: 0309044723
Media Type: Print
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I41: General Soil Surveys; I42: Soil Mechanics
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: May 31 1988 12:00AM
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