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Bulletin - Association of Engineering Geologists, vol.31, no.2, pp.231-253, 1994 (Scopus)
A series of standard penetration tests were performed to delineate potentially liquefiable deposits in Evansville, Indiana. Cone penetration testing were performed in areas where SPT soundings indicated liquefaction-prone material. Two SPT-based and two CPT-based liquefaction evaluation procedures were evaluated. A fifth method, called the liquefaction potential index, is utilized to provide more quantitative assessment regarding liquefaction risk resulting from the postulated earthquakes. Concern exists for two postulated earthquakes: one a major earthquake generated in the Wabash Valley fault zone and the other a catastrophic earthquake with an epicenter in the central New Madrid seismic zone. -from Authors