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Tuttle et al. 1990
Tuttle, M., Cowie, P., Tinsley, J., Benett, M. and Berrill, J. (1990). Liquefaction and foundation failure of Chevron oil and gasoline tanks at Moss Landing, California. Geophysical Research Letters 17: doi: 10.1029/90GL01564. issn: 0094-8276.

Liquefaction of gray, coarse- to medium-grained, esturine sand during the October 17, 1989 Loma Prieta (Ms=7.1) earthquake lead to foundation failures of oil and gasoline tanks at the Chevron Marine Station at Moss Landing located about 25 km south-southeast of the epicenter. Differential settlement of the foundations resulted in 1¿ to 6¿ tilting of the tanks towards one another and an associated 2¿ to 7¿ inclination of tank piping. In addition, sand was vented around the bases of the tanks that contained the most oil and from adjacent cracks. Liquefaction and related ground failure was not restricted to the vicinity of the Chevron tanks but was a widespread phenomenon at Moss Landing. Analysis of geolgical and geotechnical data at sites such as the Chevron Marine Station will serve to check and to advance current methods of assessing liquefaction potential at a site and of mapping liquefaction hazard on a regional scale. ¿The American Geophysical Union 1990

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Seismology, Earthquake ground motions and engineering, Information Related to Geographic Region, North America
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