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Science 7 April 1989:
Vol. 244. no. 4900, pp. 56 - 59
DOI: 10.1126/science.244.4900.56
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Dynamics of Liquefaction During the 1987 Superstition Hills, California, Earthquake

T. L. HOLZER 1, T. C. HANKS 1, and T. L. YOUD 2

1 U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
2 Department of Civil Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602.

Simultaneous measurements of seismically induced pore-water pressure changes and surface and subsurface accelerations at a site undergoing liquefaction caused by the Superstition Hills, California, earthquake (24 November 1987; M = 6.6) reveal that total pore pressures approached lithostatic conditions, but, unexpectedly, after most of the strong motion ceased. Excess pore pressures were generated once horizontal acceleration exceeded a threshold value.

Submitted on November 1, 1988
Accepted on January 30, 1989


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