DISCUSSIONS AND CLOSURES
Oct 1, 2001

Evaluating Safety of Concrete Gravity Dam on Weak Rock:Scott Dam

Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 127, Issue 10
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Volume 127Issue 10October 2001
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H. John Hovland
Edmund W. Medley
R. L. Volpe
Consulting Geotech. Engr., 781 Alvarado Rd., Berkeley, CA 94705.
PhD, Prin. Engr., Exponent Failure Anal. Assoc., 149 Commonwealth Dr., Menlo Park, CA 94025. E-mail: [email protected]
Sr. Engr., Santa Clara Valley Water Dist., San Jose, CA.
Consultant, 13110 Pomo Ln., Mendocino, CA 95460.
Supervisory Civ. Engr., Hydr. Generation Dept., P.O. Box 770000, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Francisco, CA 94177.

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