PENINSULA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Presents

Russell W. Graymer, U.S. Geological Survey

Recent Observations and Calculations Regarding Earthquake Hazards in the East San Francisco Bay Area

  • DINNER MEETING - Tuesday, January 13, 2009
  • Location: Stanford University

  • 5:30 PM-Social (3/4) Hour: . . . Hartley
  • 6:15 PM-Dinner: . . . Hartley
  • 7:30 PM-Meeting: . . . GeoCorner Room 320-105

    see Map showing GeoCorner


    Anyone wishing to attend the lecture only is welcome at no cost.

    This will be the 402nd meeting since 1954

    map of faults in the Bay Area
    Screenshot of USGS Scientific Investigations Map 2919, Map of Quaternary-active Faults in the San Francisco Bay Region, By R.W. Graymer, William Bryant, C.A. McCabe, Suzanne Hecker, and C.S. Prentice [http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2006/2919/]

    See also

    Geologic Map of the San Francisco Bay Region, By R.W. Graymer, B.C. Moring, G.J. Saucedo, C.M. Wentworth, E.E. Brabb, and K.L. Knudsen[http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2006/2918/]

    Abstract

    Although the tectonics and earthquake hazards of the East San Francisco Bay Area have been extensively studied, there is still much to be considered.  In this talk I will review the results of a decade of studies in the East Bay, including a proposed tectonic history of the East Bay Fault System in general and the Hayward Fault in particular, including it's changing connection to the Calaveras Fault.  I will also review the 3-D geology of the Hayward Fault Zone and it's correlation with fault behavior.  I will describe uncertainties and inconsistencies in our analyses of earthquake hazards in the East Bay, and discuss the potential for previously unrecognized earthquake scenarios.  Finally, I will focus on the presently active Hayward-Calaveras Fault connection and the potential for earthquakes larger than the 1868 M6.8 earthquake.

    About the Speaker

    photo of Russ with Lake Tahoe in the background

    Here is Russ' biographical info:

    B.S. California Institute of Technology, 1985: field/paloemag lab assistant for Ray Weldon, Phelan Formation and long-term San Andreas Fault offsets

    Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1992: Structural evolution of the central part of the Foothills terrane, Sierra Nevada, California (thesis advisor, David L. Jones), differentiating multiple accreted terranes and discerning their accretionary history

    Post-doc, Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1992-1994: Geology and earthquake potential of the Mission Fault

    USGS, 1994 (contractor) - 1996 (real job) - present, geologic mapping, Quaternary-active fault mapping, 3-D geologic mapping, and landslide susceptibility studies in northern California



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    Everyone (including Stanford folks now) Please make dinner reservations by January 9. Contact John Spritzer, at U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS-973 Menlo Park, CA 94025, Tel.: (650) 329-4833. Send check made out to “PGS” to John.

    Dinner is $30.00. Includes wine (5:30 to 6:15 PM.) and dinner (6:15-7:30 PM.).

    For students from all universities and colleges, the dinner, including the social 3/4-hour, is $5.00 and is partially subsidized thanks to the School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University (Note, no-show reservations owe the full price).

    Doris, whose wonderful crew prepares our meals, asked that we let you know that people who are late RSVPing and people who show up without a reservation will be welcome but that they will be eating on paper plates with plastic utensils (food supply permitting).

    Dues for Academic Year 2008-2009 ($10.00) should be sent to John Spritzer, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS-973 _Menlo Park, CA 94025. John’s phone: (650) 329-4833.

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