Geotechnical and Surface Wave Investigation of the Great M 7.9
Denali Fault Earthquake of 3 November 2002

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$Photo of lateral spreading of ice on Tanana River: for several hundreds of kilometers along the Tanana River, a pattern of polygon shapes defines lateral spreading ground. The polygons formed when the frozen crust (less than 0.3 meters thick) fractured above liquefied ground and displaced.$

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Geotechnical and Surface Wave Investigation of the Great M 7.9 Denali Fault Earthquake of 3 November 2002

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Geotechnical and Surface Wave Investigation of the Great M 7.9
Denali Fault Earthquake of 3 November 2002