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Landslide Stabilization Using High Strength Aggregate-Cement Slurry
Silver, Gregory, Bates, Lisa, 2012, “Landslide Stabilization Using High Strength Aggregate-Cement Slurry”, Newport Beach, California, Geo-Congress 2013, ASCE 2013, p. 1683-1696.

CPT Based Settlement Prediction Over California Soft Rock
Bastani, S.A., Silver, G.P., and Atkinson, D.R., Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Cone Penetrometer Testing, Las Vegas, 2014.

Comparison of Observed and Calculated Earthquake-Induced Settlements at 6 Sites in Christchurch, NZ
Bastani, S.A.,Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Cone Penetrometer Testing, Las Vegas, 2014.

Relative Activity of North Branch Splays (NBS) of the Newport-Inglewood Fault Zone, West Newport Oil Field, Newport Beach, California
Silver, Gregory, Shlemon, Roy J., and Davis, Paul, 2008, Relative Activity of North Branch Splays (NBS) of the Newport-Inglewood Fault Zone, West Newport Oil Field, Newport Beach, California.

Geomorphology and Geochronology of the San Juan Creek Terraces
Taylor, A.R., Armstrong, P.A., and Knott, J.R., 2006, Geomorphology and geochronology of the San Juan Creek Terraces: Implications for uplift of the Santa Ana Mountain foothills, Orange County, California: Geology of the Orange County Region, Southern California; South Coast Geological Society Annual Field Trip Guide No. 33.

Is the Wasatch Fault Footwall Segmented Over Million-Year Time Scales?
Taylor, A.R., Armstrong, P.A., and Ehlers, T.A., 2004, Is the Wasatch fault footwall (Utah, United States) segmented over million-year time scales?: Geology, v. 32, No. 5, p. 385-388; doi: 1130/G2042.1.

Levelness of Newly Constructed Post-tensioned Slabs for Residential Structures
Lejman, R., Noorany, I., Colbaugh, D., and Miller, M., “Levelness of Newly Constructed Post tensioned Slabs for Residential Structures”, Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities. Vol.19. No.1, February 1, 2005.

Permanent Deflection and Performance Study of Drivable Grass
Silver, G.P., Van Thiel, D.C., 2006, “Permanent Deflection and Performance Study of Drivable Grass”.

An Investigation into Stabilizing Sulfate-Laden Soils with Lime and Lime/ Flyash
Atkinson, D.R., Berger, E.A., Little, D.N., Smith, K.E., Marvin, S.R., Estrada, M., Williams, T., Coover, Jr., R., Nguyen, P.V., Zaremba, T., “An Investigation into Stabilizing Sulfate Laden Soils with Lime and Lime/Flyash, A South Orange County, California Study”.

Design, Construction, And Monitoring Of a 14.9m High Geosynthetic Reinforced Segmental Retaining Wall In a Seismically Active Region
Silver, G., Trazo, R., Sandri, D., “Design, Construction, And Monitoring Of A 14.9m High Geosynthetic Reinforced Segmental Retaining Wall In A Seismically Active Region”.

Centrifuge Modeling of Seismic Soil-Structure-Interaction and Lateral Earth Pressures for Large Near-Surface Underground Structures
Bastani, A., Hushmand, B., Mokarram, N., Dashti, S., Hushmand, A.,  Ghayoomi, M., McCartney, J.S., Zhang, M., Davis, C., Lee, Y., Hu, J.: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris 2013, p. 1-4.

Post Earthquake Embankment Failure, Seepage-Induced Liquefaction, and Void Ratio Redistribution
Bastani, S.A. and  Kutter, B.L.: Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (11th ICSDEE) and the 3rd International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (3rd ICEGE), UC Berkeley, CA, pp. 412-419, 2004.

Numerical modeling of seepage-induced liquefaction and slope failure
Bastani, S.A. and  Kutter, B.L.: ,” Proceedings of 3rd FLAC Symposium in Sudbury, Canada, 2003.

Simulation of Post Earthquake Embankment Failure By Seepage-Induced Liquefaction
Bastani, S.A. and  Kutter, B.L.: Ninth Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 26-29 June 2007, p. 1903-1917.

Distribution of Peak Horizontal Acceleration and Peak Horizontal Particle Velocity With Depth Measured During Earthquakes
Bastani, S.A. and Sykora, D.W.,Proceedings of Sixth U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 1998.

Some Observations of Geotechnical Aspects of the February 28, 2001, Nisqually Earthquake in Olympia, South Seattle, and Tacoma, Washington
Bastani, Ali, coauthored with Bray, Jonathan D., Sancio, Rodolfo B., Kammerer, Ann Marie, Merry, Scott, Rodriguez-Marek,Adrian, Khazai, Bijan,Chang, Susan, Collins,Brian, Hausler,Elizabeth, Dreger,Douglas,Perkins, William J., and Nykamp, Monique:  Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) 

Geotechnical Monitoring of the OII Landfill
Bastani, Seyed Ali, Mundy, Peter K., Nyznyk, John P., Brick, William D., Clark, Jocelyn, and Herzig, Roy, Landfill Closures…Environmental Protection and Land Recovery, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 53, Published by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Edited by R. Jeffrey Dunn and Udai P. Singh, 1995, pp. 62-76.

Modelling Pipe Bursting-Induced Deformation Propagation
Bastani, S.A.: Proceedings of The 11th International Conference of IACMAG, 2005, p. 1-6.

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