GEOTECHNICAL EXTREME EVENTS RECONNAISSANCE
Turning Disaster into Knowledge
Reconnaissance Files Authored and Co-Authored by the
National Science Foundation-Sponsored GEER Team
Quick Report 1: GEER Association Report No. GEER-025a (April 5, 2011)
Geotechnical Quick Report on the Kanto Plain Region during the
March 11, 2011, Off Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake, Japan
Contributing Authors (Alphabetical Order):
Scott Ashford - (Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA)
Ross Boulanger - (University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA)
Jennifer Donahue - (Geosyntec Consultants, Oakland, CA, USA)
Jonathan Stewart - (University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Additional Contributors to GEER Field Reconnaissance (Alphabetical Order):
Akio Abe
Cheng-Hsing Chen
Kenji Ishihara
Tadahiro Kishida
Takeji Kokusho
Wei Lee
Kohji Tokimatsu
Yoshimichi Tsukamoto
Mitsutoshi Yoshimine
Google Earth File (May 10, 2011)
A Google Earth kmz file containing a compilation of geotechnical
information and logs of activities by GEER reconnaissance teams
Contributing Authors (Alphabetical Order):
Dong Youp Kwak - (University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Jonathan Stewart - (University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
GEER Advance Team Reconnaissance Video (Posted April 20, 2011)
A YouTube Video Based on the GEER Team
observations from March 26 - April 1, 2011
Contributing Authors (Alphabetical Order):
Scott Ashford - (Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA)
Oregon State University Media Department
PEER/EERI/GEER/Tsunami Field Investigation Team Short Interim Report (Posted April 23, 2011)
The interim report by the PEER/EERI/GEER
team is posted on the PEER website
Contributing Author:
Stephen Mahin - (University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA)
Quick Report 2: GEER Association Report No. GEER-025b (May 4, 2011)
Preliminary Observations of Levee Performance and Damage following the
March 11, 2011 Tohoku Offshore Earthquake, Japan
Contributing Authors (Alphabetical Order):
Leslie F. Harder, Jr. - (HDR Engineering, Inc., Folsom, CA, USA)
Keith I. Kelson - (Fugro Consultants, Walnut Creek, CA, USA)
Tadahiro Kishida - (Chiba University, Chiba, Japan)
Additional Contributors to GEER Field Reconnaissance (Alphabetical Order):
Shingo Satou
Toshiro Suzuki
Akihiro Takahashi
Jiro Takemura
Quick Report 3: GEER Association Report No. GEER-025c (May 17, 2011)
Preliminary Observations of the Effects of Ground Failure and
Tsunami on the Major Ports of Ibaraki Prefecture
Contributing Authors (Alphabetical Order):
Pedro Arduino (University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA)
Jorge Meneses (Kleinfelder, San Diego, CA, USA)
Additional Contributors to GEER Field Reconnaissance (Alphabetical Order):
Eiji Kohama
Takashi Nagao
Takahiro Sugano
Quick Report 4: GEER Association Report No. GEER-025d (June 6, 2011)
Preliminary Observations of Surface Fault Rupture
from the April 11, 2011 Mw6.6 Hamadoori Earthquake, Japan
(an aftershock of the March 11, 2011 Tohoku Offshore Earthquake, Japan)
Contributing Authors (Alphabetical Order):
Leslie F. Harder, Jr. - (HDR Engineering, Inc., Folsom, CA, USA)
Keith I. Kelson - (Fugro Consultants, Walnut Creek, CA, USA)
Tadahiro Kishida - (Chiba University, Chiba, Japan)
Isabelle Ryder (University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK)
Additional Contributors to GEER Field Reconnaissance (Alphabetical Order):
Shingo Satou
Toshiro Suzuki
Akihiro Takahashi
Jiro Takemura
Kohji Tokimatsu
Joseph Wartman
Quick Report 5: GEER Association Report No. GEER-025e (June 6, 2011)
Preliminary Observations of the Fujinuma Dam Failure
Following the March 11, 2011 Tohoku Offshore Earthquake, Japan
Contributing Authors (Alphabetical Order):
Leslie F. Harder, Jr. - (HDR Engineering, Inc., Folsom, CA, USA)
Robert Kayen - (USGS, Menlo Park, CA, USA)
Keith I. Kelson - (Fugro Consultants, Walnut Creek, CA, USA)
Tadahiro Kishida - (Chiba University, Chiba, Japan)
Quick Report 6: GEER Association Report No. GEER-025f (July 19, 2011)
LiDAR and Field Investigation of the
March 11, 2011 M9.0 Great Tohoku Offshore Earthquake,
and April 7, 2011 M7.4 Aftershock
Contributing Authors:
Robert Kayen - (USGS, Menlo Park, CA, USA)
Yasuo Tanaka - (Kobe University, Japan)
Hajime Tanaka - (Tokyo University, Japan)
Takahiro Sugano - (Port and Airport Research Institute, Yokuska, Japan)
Ivan A. Estevez (City College of New York, USA)
Sean S. Cullenward (University of California at Los Angeles, USA)
Winnie Yeh (University of California at Los Angeles, USA)
Davis Thomas (University of California at Los Angeles, USA)
LiDAR Movies (August 16, 2011)
Contributing Authors:
Robert Kayen - (USGS, Menlo Park, CA, USA)
Sean S. Cullenward (University of California at Los Angeles, USA)
Ivan A. Estevez (City College of New York, USA)
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. 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