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By Jeffrey A. Coe,1 Jonathan W. Godt,1 and Pierre Tachker2
1 U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS 966, Denver, CO 80225 2 Institut Des Sciences Et Techniques De Grenoble, Département Géotechnique, Grenoble, France