Closure to “Seismic Compression of Two Compacted Earth Fills Shaken by the 1994 Northridge Earthquake” by Jonathan P. Stewart, Patrick M. Smith, Daniel H. Whang, and Jonathan D. Bray
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Pendo Duku of UCLA is thanked for providing laboratory test results that assisted in preparing this closure statement.
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