LECTURE 10 OUTLINE - EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS (updated 11/10/97)
Instructor: Professor Barbara Romanowicz
Director of Seismological Laboratory
Office Hours: Thursday 2-4 pm , upon appointment only
475 Mc Cone Hall
EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS AND THEIR ASSESMENT
References:
Bolt, Earthquakes, Chapters 5,8
Bolt, Earthquakes and geological discovery : chapter 7
Gere and Shah: Chapter s 3-4
Yanev, Peace of mind in Earthquake Country: Chapters 2,3,4
-Difference between hazard and risk
-Hazards of faults - example of the Hayward Fault
-Is a fault active or inactive?
-What is the likelihood of new faulting?
-How far is far enough?
-Hazards of Geology: examples of Loma Prieta 1989, Kobe 1995
-Soil liquefaction
-Products of hazard assessment
-Deterministic/probabilistic hazard assessment
-Deterministic assessments: Maximum earthquake
-Probabilistic assessment: Gutenberg/RichterÕs law
-Characteristic earthquakes
-Blind thrusts
-Case study: the Cascadia Subduction Zone
-Triggered earthquakes
-Landslides
-Tsunamis
-Man made hazards