Civil Engineering Reference
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FIGURE 3.39
Flow slide of the Lower San Fernando Dam caused by the San Fernando earthquake on
February 9, 1971. The photograph is a view to the east, and the main flow slide is at the eastern end of the
dam. (
Photograph from the Steinbrugge Collection, EERC, University of California, Berkeley.
)
FIGURE 3.40
Flow slide of the Lower San Fernando Dam caused by the San Fernando earthquake on
February 9, 1971. The photograph is a view to the west and shows the dam failure after the reservoir has been
partly emptied. (
Photograph from the Steinbrugge Collection, EERC, University of California, Berkeley.
)
