Historic Ground Failures in Northern California Triggered by Earthquakes

U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - Earth movements - 177 pages

Abstract	1

Graben and damaged buildings caused by lateral spread in Watsonville	14

Flow failure in hills southeast of Half Moon	20

Flow failure east of Half Moon	32

Aerial photograph of commercial and shipping district of San Francisco showing ground failure zones	37

Geotechnical section beneath Market Street	38

Photograph showing distruption of block pavement and sidewalk on Columbia Street just south of Folsom Street	40

Photograph showing pulledapart rails on Fifth Street near Harrison Street	41

Photograph of San Francisco in flames after 1906 shock__	55

Geotechnical section across Mission Creek zone	56

52 Distruption of Van Ness Avenue over a filledin ravine	58

Flow failure along shoreline of Lake Merced triggered by the 1957 Daly City earthquake	59

Cracks at Bolinas Lagoon	61

Tipping of buildings into the water at the Bolinas waterfront	62

Ridged bottom of Tomales Bay after 1906 earthquake	63

Boat piers at Inverness displaced during earthquake	64

Photograph showing damage to San Francisco Post Office caused by ground failure	42

Geotechnical profile across south of Market zone at James Lick Skyway between Third and Sixth Streets	43

Schematic diagram of area between Ninth and Tenth Streets and Bryant and Brannan Streets in lower part of Mission Creek zone San Francisco showi...	44

38 View along Dore Street from Bryant Street toward Brannan Street	45

Scarps and rightlateral displacements caused by lateral spreading at two points on Bryant Street near the intersection of Ninth Street	47

Views along Ninth Street between Bryant and Brannan Streets	48

View northeastward on Brannan Street corner of Ninth Street	50

43 Buckling of rails by compression on Howard Street South Van Ness Avenue near 17th Street	51

Scarps showing vertical movement and northward lateral movement on 18th Street	52

Scarps with lateral and vertical displacements in Capp Street between 17th and 18th Streets	53

Valencia Street between 17th and 18th Streets	54

Hillside landslide in roadcut west of Inverness	65

Cape Fortunas False Cape landslide one of the largest landslides triggered by the 1906 shock	66

III	69

TABLES Page	73

Excerpted notes containing general descriptions of ground failures in the Monterey Bay counties region 14	74

Specific descriptions of ground failures in the San Francisco Bay counties region	88

Specific descriptions of ground failures in San Francisco City and County	125

Specific descriptions of ground failures in the north bay counties region	147

Specific descriptions of ground failures in the north coast counties region	164

Copyright

Title	Historic Ground Failures in Northern California Triggered by Earthquakes Volume 993 of Geological Survey professional paper, United States Geological Survey Issue 993 of Professional paper
Authors	T. Leslie Youd, Seena N. Hoose, Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher	U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978
Length	177 pages

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