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- Title
- Liquefaction Potential for New York State: A Preliminary Report on Sites in Manhattan and Buffalo.
- File
- PB88163704.pdf
- Author(s)
- Budhu, M.; Vijayakumar, V.; Giese, R. F.; Baumgras, L.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Industrial Science and Technological Innovation., August 31, 1987, 46 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- NCEER-87-0009
- Abstract
- The chances of a major earthquake occurring in New York in the near future is low. However, New York has experienced and no doubt will continue to experience moderate earthquakes. Catastrophic damage due to structural causes is not likely to occur for non-masonry buildings, but ground failure due to soil liquefaction is possible. It appears from the study that areas which lie adjacent to bodies of water (the Harlem River in Manhattan and Lake Erie in Buffalo) are liable to liquefy.
- Keywords
- Soils; New York City (New York); Buffalo (New York); Boreholes; Seismology; New York; Ground water; Liquefaction; Soil dynamics; Penetration tests; Earthquakes