GEOTECHNICAL EXTREME EVENTS RECONNAISSANCE
Turning Disaster into Knowledge
Geotechnical Reconnaissance of the
2011 Christchurch, New Zealand Earthquake
Version 1: November 8, 2011
Editors:
Misko Cubrinovski – NZ Lead (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Russell A. Green – US Lead (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA)
Liam Wotherspoon (University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)
Contributing Authors (Alphabetical Order):
John Allen – (TRI/Environmental, Inc., Austin, TX, USA)
Brendon Bradley – (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Aaron Bradshaw – (University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA)
Jonathan Bray – (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA)
Misko Cubrinovski – (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Greg DePascale – (Fugro/WLA, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Russell A. Green – (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA)
Rolando Orense – (University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)
Thomas O’Rourke – (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA)
Michael Pender – (University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)
Glenn Rix – (Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA)
Donald Wells – (AMEC Geomatrix, Oakland, CA, USA)
Clint Wood – (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA)
Liam Wotherspoon – (University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)
Other Contributors (Alphabetical Order) :
Brady Cox – (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA)
Duncan Henderson – (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Lucas Hogan – (University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)
Patrick Kailey – (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Sam Lasley – (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA)
Kelly Robinson – (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Merrick Taylor – (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Anna Winkley – (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Josh Zupan – (University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA)
GEER Association Report No. GEER-027
SPONSOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This material is based upon work supported in part by the National Science Foundation through the Geotechnical Engineering Program under Grant No. CMMI-0825734. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF. The GEER Association is made possible by the vision and support of the NSF Geotechnical Engineering Program Directors: Dr. Richard Fragaszy and the late Dr. Cliff Astill. GEER members also donate their time, talent, and resources to collect time-sensitive field observations of the effects of extreme events. The GEER Association web site, which contains additional information, may be found at:
http://www.geerassociation.org