GEOTECHNICAL EXTREME EVENTS RECONNAISSANCE
Turning Disaster into Knowledge
Editor:
James R. Martin, II - (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA)
Contributing Authors (Alphabetical Order):
Carl Benson - (Virginia Department of Transportation, Richmond, VA)
Martin Chapman - (Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory, Blacksburg, VA)
Morgan Eddy - (Steele Foundation, LLC, Washington, DC)
Russell Green - (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA)
Annie Kammerer - (US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Rockville, MD)
Sam Lasley - (Ph.D. Candidate, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA)
Carlos Lazarte - (Schnabel Engineering, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD)
Sissy Nikolaou - (Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, New York, NY)
Burak Tanyu - (George Mason University, Fairfax, VA)
Martitia Tuttle - (M. Tuttle & Associates, Georgetown, ME)
Other Contributors (Alphabetical Order) :
Mark Carter - (US Geological Survey, Reston, VA)
Brett Maurer - (Ph.D. Candidate, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA)
GEER Association Report No. GEER-026
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