• Predicting the Position of Fault Strands through Borehole Correlation of the Top of Tertiary Bedrock in the Seattle Fault Zone, Seattle, Washington 

  Maloney, Devin A. (2019-12)

  Only a few strands of the Seattle Fault Zone have been identified on land in Seattle, Washington due to heavy manipulation of the landscape by repeat glaciations, geomorphic reworking, and the interference of the growing ...

• Evaluating River Profile Geometries to Identify Evidence of Active Deformation Associated with the Doty Fault Zone in Southwest Washington 

  Tavangar, Varqa (2019-06)

  In 1996, 2007, and 2009, flooding of the Chehalis River near the Town of Chehalis in southwest Washington severely impacted infrastructure and property. Damage was such that Interstate 5, the major transportation throughway ...

• Evaluation of Subsurface Impacts on Occurrence of Sand Boils from the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake in the SoDo Neighborhood of Seattle, Washington 

  Simon, Morgan (2019-06)

  The 6.8 magnitude Nisqually earthquake occurred on February 28th, 2001 causing liquefaction in multiple areas of Seattle, mostly in the SoDo neighborhood. Following the earthquake, scientists recorded field observations ...

• Analysis of the Timing of Building Displacement during Intense Seismic Shaking for three Earthquakes, 2001 Mw 6.8 Nisqually (Washington State), 2017 Mw 7.1 Puebla (Mexico), 2018 Mw 7.1 2018 Anchorage (Alaska) 

  Sackman, Nancy A (2019-06)

  Localized intense ground shaking from strong earthquakes pose significant hazards to humans including building damage that may lead to structural failure and possible collapse. Building failure can cause harm or ...

• Sediment accumulation in a manipulated bay of Puget Sound, Bellingham, WA. 

  Benson, Mary Alice (2019-06)

  Mud Bay, located in Bellingham, Washington at the north end of Chuckanut Bay, is filling with sediment at a rate greater than projected sea-level rise. This is worrisome as the bay is an important habitat for eelgrass ...

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