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Handbook: A Technique for Preparing Desert Terrain Analogs (open access)

Handbook: A Technique for Preparing Desert Terrain Analogs

"A technique is described whereby desert areas selected for terrain comparison are mapped in terms of general terrain factors, geometry factors, ground factors, and vegetation" (p. vii).
Date: May 1959
Creator: Van Lopik, Jack R. & Kolb, Charles R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Review of Soils Design, Construction, and Performance Observations: Lookout Point Dam, Oregon (open access)

Review of Soils Design, Construction, and Performance Observations: Lookout Point Dam, Oregon

This report reviews the performance of the Lookout Point Dam located on the Middle Fork of the Willamette River in Oregon. "This study is one of a series of similar studies of the foundation and soil mechanics features of earth dams [...] In these studies original design data are reviewed, construction experience is summarized, and performance fo the completed structures is compared with design predictions to provide information for use in the design and construction of future similar projects" (p. 1).
Date: May 1959
Creator: Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library