GEOTECHNICAL EXTREME EVENTS RECONNAISSANCE

Turning Disaster into Knowledge

GEER-024/November 2010
Report of the National Science Foundation-Sponsored Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Team

Editors:

Russell A. Green - US Lead (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA)
Misko Cubrinovski - NZ Lead (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)

Contributing Authors (Alphabetical Order):

John Allen - (TRI/Environmental, Inc., Austin, TX, USA)
Scott Ashford - (Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA)
Elisabeth Bowman - (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Brendon Bradley - (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Brady Cox - (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA)
Misko Cubrinovski - (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Russell A. Green - (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA)
Tara Hutchinson - (University of California, San Diego, CA, USA)
Edward Kavazanjian - (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 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)
Mark Quigley - (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Liam Wotherspoon - (University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)

Other Contributors (Alphabetical Order) :

Tom Algie - (University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)
Jawad Arefi - (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
John Berrill - (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
William Godwin - (Fugro William Lettis and Associates, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA, USA)
Takashi Kiyota - (Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)
Tam Larkin - (University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)
Mitsu Okamura - (Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan)
Kelly Robinson - (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Merrick Taylor - University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Hirofumi Toyota - (Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Japan)
Thomas Wilson - (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)

 

 

GEER Association Report No. GEER-024

SPONSOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation through the Geotechnical Engineering Program under Grant No. CMMI-0825734 and through the RAPID CMMI-Proposal No. 1034831.  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. The RAPID proposal was recommended by Dr. John L. Daniels. 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