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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 140Issue 1January 2014
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Received: Aug 1, 2013
Accepted: Aug 12, 2013
Published online: Dec 16, 2013
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Michael A. Malusis, Ph.D., M.ASCE [email protected]
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Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg, PA 17837 (corresponding author). E-mail: [email protected]
Matthew D. McKeehan, A.M.ASCE
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island, IL 61204; formerly, Graduate Assistant, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg, PA 17837.

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