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External Geologic-Hazards and Geotechnical Publications

A brief list of non-Utah Geological Survey publications that contain background information and investigation techniques about geologic-hazards and geotechnical engineering for professionals practicing in Utah. Links to digital copies in the public domain are provided where available.

Field Methods

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2001, Engineering and design - geotechnical investigation: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, variously paginated.
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 1998, Earth manual - Part 1, Third edition: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Earth Sciences and Research Laboratory, 311 p.
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 2001, Engineering geology field manual, second edition: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 488 p.

General Geologic Hazards

Tyler, M.B., 1995, Look before you build, geologic studies for safer land development in the San Francisco Bay area: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1130, 54 p.

Debris Flows

Prochaska, A.B., Santi, P.M., and Higgins, J.D., 2008, Debris basin and deflection berm design for fire-related debris-flow mitigation: Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, v. XIV, n 4, p. 297-313.

Earthquakes and Surface Fault Rupture

California Geological Survey, 2008, Guidelines for evaluating and mitigating seismic hazards in California: California Geological Survey Special Publication 117A, 98 p.
McCalpin, J.P., 1996, editor, Paleoseismology: San Diego, California, Academic Press, 588 p.
McCalpin, J.P., 2009, editor, Paleoseismology, second edition: San Diego, California, Academic Press, 613 p.

Geotechnical Engineering

Unified Facilities Criteria, 2004, Soils and geology procedures for foundation design of building and other structures (except hydraulic structures): Department of Defense, Whole Building Design Guide, variously paginated.
Unified Facilities Criteria, 2005, Geotechnical engineering procedures for foundation design of buildings and structures: Department of Defense, Whole Building Design Guide, variously paginated.
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 1998, Earth manual - Part 1, Third edition: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Earth Sciences and Research Laboratory, 311 p.

Landslides

Blake, T.F., Hollingsworth, R.A., and Stewart, J.P., editors, 2002, Recommended procedures for implementation of DMG Special Publication 117, Guidelines for analyzing and mitigating landslide hazards in California: Los Angeles, California, Southern California Earthquake Center, 110 p., 1 appendix.
Turner, A.K., and Schuster, R.L., editors, 1996, Landslides - investigation and mitigation: Washington D.C., National Research Council, Transportation Research Board Special Report 247, 673 p.

Liquefaction

Idriss, I.M., and Boulanger, R.W., 2008, Soil liquefaction during earthquakes: Oakland, California, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Monograph MNO-12, 262 p.
Martin, G.R., and Lew, M., editors, 1999, Recommended procedures for implementation of DMG Special Publication 117, Guidelines for analyzing and mitigating liquefaction in California: Los Angeles, Southern California Earthquake Center, 63 p.
Olsen, M.J., Bartlett, S.F., and Solomon, B.J., 2007, Lateral spread hazard mapping of the Northern Salt Lake Valley, Utah, for a M7.0 scenario earthquake: Earthquake Spectra, v. 23, i. 1, p. 95-113.
Power, M., Chiou, B., Abrahamson, N., Bozorgnia, Y., Shantz, T., and Roblee, C., 2008, An overview of the NGA [Next Generation of Ground-Motion Attenuation Models] project: Earthquake Spectra, v. 24, i. 1, p. 3-21.
Seed, R.B., Cetin, K.O., Moss, R.E.S., Kammerer, A.M., Wu, J.P., Pestana, J.M., Riemer, M.F., Sancio, R.B., Bray, J.D., Kayen, R.E., and Faris, A., 2003, Recent advances in soil liquefaction engineering - a unified and consistent framework: Berkeley, University of California, Earthquake Engineering Research Center Report, 2003-06, 71 p.
Youd, T.L., Hansen, C.M., and Bartlett, S.F., 1999, Revised MLR equations for predicting lateral spread displacement: Proceedings, 7th U.S.-Japan Workshop on Earthquake Resistant Design of Lifeline Facilities and Countermeasures Against Liquefaction, Seattle, Washington, Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research Technical Report MCEER-99-0019, p. 99-114.

Youd, T.L., and Idriss, I.M., co-chairman, and Andrus, R.D., Arango, I., Castro, G., Christian, J.T., Dorby, R., Finn Liam, W.D., Harder, L.F., Jr., Hynes, M.E., Ishiara, K., Koester, J.P., Liao, S.S.C., Macuson, W.F., III, Martin, G.R., Mitchell, J.K., Moriwaki, Y., Power, M.S., Roberston, P.K., Seed, R.B., and Stokoe, K.H., 2001, Liquefaction resistance of soils - summary report from 1996 NCEER and 1998 NCEER/NSF workshops on evaluation of liquefaction resistance of soils: American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, v. 127, no. 10, p. 817-833.

Problem Soils

Nelson, J.D., and Miller, D.J., 1997, Expansive soils - problems and practice in foundation and pavement engineering: New York, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 288 p.

Slope Stability/Rock Mechanics

Goodman, R.E., 1988, Introduction to rock mechanics, second edition: New York, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 576 p.
Hoek, E., 2006, Practical rock engineering: North Vancouver, British Columbia, Evert Hoek Consulting Engineer, Inc., variously paginated.
Wyllie, D.C., and Mah, C., 2004, Rock slope engineering, fourth edition: Oxon, United Kingdom, Taylor and Francis, 456 p.

Soil Mechanics

Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 1986, Soil Mechanics, Design Manual 7.01: Naval Facilities Engineering Command, variously paginated.

Wasatch Fault Geologic Maps and Publications

Chang, W.L., and Smith, R.B., 2002, Integrated seismic-hazard analysis of the Wasatch Front, Utah: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 92, no. 5, p. 1904-1922.
DuRoss, C.B., 2008, Holocene vertical displacement on the central segments of the Wasatch fault zone, Utah: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 98-6, p 3017-3024.
Machette, M.N., 1992, Surficial geologic map of the Wasatch fault zone, eastern part of Utah Valley, Utah County and parts of Salt Lake and Juab Counties, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2095, scale 1:50,000, 30 p. pamphlet.
Machette, M.N., Personius, S.F., and Nelson, A.R., 1992, Paleoseismology of the Wasatch fault zone - a summary of recent investigations, interpretations, and conclusions, in Gori, P.L., and Hays, W.W., editors, Assessment of regional earthquake hazards and risk along the Wasatch Front, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1500-A, p. A1-A71.
McCalpin, J.P., and Nishenko, S.P., 1996, Holocene paleoseismicity, temporal clustering, and probabilities of future large (M>7) earthquakes on the Wasatch fault zone: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 101, no. B3, p. 6233-6253.
Nelson, A.R., and Personius, S.F., 1993, Surficial geologic map of the Weber segment, Wasatch fault zone, Weber and Davis Counties, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2199, 22 p. pamphlet, scale 1:50,000.
Personius, S.F., 1990, Surficial geologic map of the Brigham City segment and adjacent parts of the Weber and Collinston segments, Wasatch Fault Zone, Box Elder and Weber counties, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations I-1979, 1 plate, scale 1:50,000.
Personius, S.F., and Scott, W.E., 1992, Surficial geologic map of the Salt Lake City segment and parts of adjacent segments of the Wasatch fault zone, Davis, Salt Lake, and Utah counties, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations I-2106, 1 plate, scale 1:50,000.
New Release Available:
Personius, S.F., and Scott, W.E., 2009 (digital release), Surficial geologic map of the Salt Lake City segment and parts of adjacent segments of the Wasatch fault zone, Davis, Salt Lake, and Utah Counties, Utah (digitized from U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2106 [1992]): Utah Geological Survey Map 243DM, GIS data, scale 1:50,000.
GIS data (zip file -200MB)
Utah Seismic Safety Commission, 2008, Putting down roots in earthquake country - your handbook for earthquakes in Utah: Utah Seismic Safety Commission, Salt Lake City, Utah, 33 p.