Lateral Spreading of Unconsolidated Deposits Weakened by Seismic Vibration
Dates
Date Taken
1964
Summary
Alaska Earthquake March 27, 1964. This railroad bridge on the Kenai Peninsula was strongly compressed by channelward movement of the stream banks during the earthquake. The bridge buckled vertically, producing a sharp hump in the roadbed and lifting some of the bridge piling with it.
Summary
Alaska Earthquake March 27, 1964.
This railroad bridge on the Kenai Peninsula was strongly compressed by channelward movement of the stream banks during the earthquake. The bridge buckled vertically, producing a sharp hump in the roadbed and lifting some of the bridge piling with it.
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Item located in U.S.Geological Survey Photographic Collection, in "Alaska Earthquakes slide Collection", March 27, 1964 earthquake, no. 72ct.
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