2009 Academic Showcase Project - Literature Citations

Earthquake Hazards and Risk Mitigation in Western Washington and Oregon

Reference List

2009 Academic Showcase Seismic Hazards Reading Assignments by Topic and Student (April 21, 2009)
Seismic Hazards Reference List (April 14, 2009)

Downloadable Papers (.pdf files)

Overview of Earthquake Hazards and Risk Reduction

DOGAMI Special Paper 31 - Mitigating Geologic Hazards in Oregon
DOGAMI Special Paper 32 - Reducing Losses to Geologic Hazards in Oregon

Geologic Framework and Tectonic Setting

Cenozoic Plate Motions and the Volcano-Tectonic Evolution of OR and WA (Wells et al., 1984)
Recent Movements of the Juan de Fuca Plate (Riddihough, 1984)

Gannett and Caldwell, 1998, Geologic Framework of the Willamette Basin
Surficial Deposits of the Willamette Valley (O'Connor et al., 2001)

Yeats et al., 1996, Tectonics of the Willamette Valley

Geology of the Seattle Area and Puget Sound (Troost and Booth, 2008)
Surficial Geology and Quaternary Deposits of Southern Puget Sound (Borden and Troost, 2001)
Stratigraphy and chronology of Quaternary deposits of the Puget Lowland and Olympic Mountains (Easterbrook, 1986)
Chronology of Pleistocene sediments in the Puget Lowland (Easterbrook, 1987)
Chronology of Pleistocene sediments in the Puget Lowland - II (Blunt et al., 1987)

Cascadia Subduction Processes and Earthquake Hazards (Atwater, 19xx)

Summary of Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes (from Geist, 1996)
Seismic Engineering Characteristics of Earth Materials in the Pacific Northwest (Silva et al., 1996)

Seismic Sources and History

Cascadia Deep Earthquake Sources
Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes
Figure Showing Earthquake Sources in Cascadia Subduction Zone (DOGAMI, IMS-7, *.jpg)

Oregon Historic Earthquake Activity (Wong and Bott, 1995)
Measuring Earthquakes and Seismic Networks in Oregon (Wang et al., 1997)

May 20 Seminar Reading: Goldfinger et al., 2008, Linkage Between Cascadia Earthquakes and San Andreas Seismicity

Earthquake Hazards

  • Earthquake Maps for Oregon (DOGAMI GMS100, 1996)

    Oregon Historic Epicenter Map (1881-2002)
  • Explanation to Accompany Historic Epicenter Map (1881-2002)

  • Earthquake Risks in Oregon (Wang, 1998)
  • Earthquake Hazards in the Pacific Northwest (Rogers and Priest, 19xx)

  • Expected Building Losses due to Earthquakes in Oregon (Whelan, 1996)
  • Projected Risk and Losses due to Earthquake Damage in Oregon (Wang, 1998)
  • Potential for EQ damage in Oregon (Wang and Clark, 1999)

  • Addressing Cascadia Earthquake Risks (May, 20xx)

    Earthquake Preparedness and Mitigation

    Overview of Reducing Earthquake Hazards (Kockelman, 1996)
    Just-in-Time Inventory: Enhancing Earthquake Recovery

    Preparting for Earthquakes in Oregon (Wang, 1997)
    Oregon Schools Seismic Safety Project (Trahern et al., 1998)
    Overview of Oregon Seismic Upgrade and Building Retrofit Plan

    Case Study - Seismic Hazards of Western Oregon

    Earthquake Hazards Assessment in Oregon (Yeats, 1989)
    Earthquake Risk in Oregon (Wang, 1999)

    Liquefaction Potential of Alluvial Silts in Willamette Valley (Vessely et al., 1996)

    Report on Earthquake Hazards in Western Oregon (DOGAMI IMS-7, *.pdf)

  • IMS-7 Report ASCII *.txt Version
  • IMS-7 Hazards Maps Sheet 1 (*.pdf)
  • IMS-7 Hazards Maps Sheet 2 (*.pdf
  • IMS-7 Tables 1 through 4 (*.xls)
  • IMS-7 Table A-1 Shear Wave Velocity of Geologic Units (*.xls)

  • IMS-7 GIS Map Themes as Shapefiles (*.zip)
  • IMS-7 GIS Metadata (*.txt)

  • EQ Hazards Maps Dallas, Oregon (*.jpg in zipped compression format)
  • EQ Hazards Maps Hood River, Oregon (*.jpg in zipped compression format)
  • EQ Hazards Maps McMinnville, Oregon (*.jpg in zipped compression format)
  • EQ Hazards Maps Monmouth, Oregon (*.jpg in zipped compression format)
  • EQ Hazards Maps Newberg, Oregon (*.jpg in zipped compression format)
  • EQ Hazards Maps Sandy, Oregon (*.jpg in zipped compression format)
  • EQ Hazards Maps Sheridan, Oregon (*.jpg in zipped compression format)
  • EQ Hazards Maps St. Helens, Oregon (*.jpg in zipped compression format)
  • IMS-7 Complete Download Package from DOGAMI(*.zip)

    Report on Earthquake Hazards in Western Oregon (DOGAMI IMS-8, *.txt)

  • EQ Hazards Canby, Oregon (*.jpg in zipped compression format)
  • EQ Hazards Lebanon, Oregon (*.jpg in zipped compression format)
  • EQ Hazards Silverton, Oregon (*.jpg in zipped compression format)
  • EQ Hazards Stayton, Oregon (*.jpg in zipped compression format)
  • EQ Hazards Sweethome, Oregon (*.jpg in zipped compression format)
  • EQ Hazards Woodburn, Oregon (*.jpg in zipped compression format)
  • IMS-8 GIS Map Themes as Shapefiles (*.zip)

    Case Study - Seismic Hazards of the Seattle Area

  • Structure and Seismicity of the Seattle Fault (Blakley et al., 2002)

  • EQ-Ground Failure Hazards in the Puget Sound (Chleborad and Shuster, 1996)
  • Liquefaction Hazards in Seattle (Grant et al., 1996)
  • Earthquake Risk Reduction in Seattle (May, 1996)
  • Coseismic Ground-Failure Hazards in Western Washington (Shuster and Howard, 19xx)

  • Seismic Intensity Distribution for the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake (Dewey et al., 2002)

    Case Study - Seismic Hazards of the Tacoma Area

  • Holocone Faults Scarps and Active Faulting in Tacoma (Sherrod et al., 2004)

  • EQ-Ground Failure Hazards in the Puget Sound (Chleborad and Shuster, 1996)
  • Earthquake and Tsunami Hazards in Grays Harbor, WA (Preuss, 1996)

  • Effects of 2001 Nisqually Earthquake on Business in Puget Sound (WA Economic Development Council, 2002)
  • Geotechnical Aspects and Effects of the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, Puget Sound (Bray et al., 2003)

    Case Study - Seismic Hazards of the Portland Area

    Earthquake Hazards in Portland, Oregon (Madin, 1996)
    Historical Earthquakes in Portland (Bott and Wong, 1993)
    Earthquake Hazard Map Associated with Portland Hills Fault, Portland (Wong et al., 2000)
    Ground Shaking Hazards in Portland Area (Wong et al., 1993)

    Earthquake Risk Reduction in Portland (May, 1996)

    Earthquake Hazards in the Portland Area (Spangle and Assoc., 1998)

    History and Seismic Analysis of the Portland Hills Fault (Wong et al., 2001)

    Case Study - Seismic Hazards of the Mid-Willamette Valley

    Report to EQ hazard maps of Salem East & Salem West quadrangles (Wang and Leonard, 1996)
  • EQ hazard maps of Salem East & Salem West quadrangles (Wang and Leonard, 1996)
  • Explanation of EQ hazard maps on Salem East & Salem West quadrangles (Wang and Leonard, 1996)

    Report to EQ hazard maps of Springfield-Eugene Area (DOGAMI IMS-14)
  • GIS ArcView Shapefiles for EQ Hazards in Springfield-Eugene Area
  • Metadata for Springfield-Eugene GIS Data (Wang and Leonard, 1996)

  • Overveiw of 1993 Scotts Mills Earthquake Event (Wong, 1993)
  • More on 1993 Scotts Mills Earthquake Event (Wong et al., 1994)
  • Causes and Effects of the 1993 Scotts Mills Earthquake (Thomas et al., 1996)

  • Earthquake-Induced Landslide Potential in Polk Co., OR (Harvey and Peterson, 2000)
  • Seismic Hazards Mapping in Eugene-Springfield (Wang et al., 1997)

  • Earthquake-Related Slope Stability in South Salem-Salem Hills (Hoffmeister, 1999)

    Case Study - Seismic Hazards of the Klamath Falls Area

    1993 Klamath Falls Earthquake (Wiley et al., 1993)
    Active Faulting in Central Oregon (Pezzopane, 1993)
    More on Klamath Falls Earthquakes (Bacon et al., 1999)