GEO-ENGINEERING EXTREME EVENTS RECONNAISSANCE

Turning Disaster into Knowledge

GEER-020/February 2010

M 6.5 Earthquake Offshore Northern California

January 9, 2010

Reconnaissance Report

 

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Report of the National Science Foundation-Sponsored Geoengineering Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Team

Contributing Authors:

Rune Storesund, D.Eng., P.E., G.E.,  Storesund Consulting

Lori Dengler , Ph.D., Humboldt State University

Stephen Mahin, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Brian D. Collins, Ph.D., P.E., United States Geological Survey

Maiana Hanshaw, United States Geological Survey

Karen Welsh, Eureka Resident

 

GEER Association Report No. GEER-020

 

February 2010

 

SPONSOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This material is based upon work supported 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