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- Title
- Comments on Potential Geologic and Seismic Hazards Affecting Mare Island, Solano County, California.
- File
- PB2006107641.pdf
- Author(s)
- Holzer, T. L.; Wentworth, C. M.; Bakun, W. H.; Boatwright, J.; Brocher, T. E.
- Source
- January 2002, 28 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- USGS/OFR-02-425
- Abstract
- This report was prepared in response to a written request from the City of Vallejo, California, to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). By letter of October 4, 2002, the City requested that the USGS 'provide advice to the City's LNG Health and Safety Committee on its review of a potential liquid natural gas project' on the southern portion of Mare Island. The City specifically requested that the USGS advise the committee on potential hazards including fault rupture, earthquake ground motion, soil failure during earthquakes, tsunami and seiche, and landslides. The City requested that the USGS: (1) comment on these hazards, (2) describe its degree of confidence in its opinions, and (3) describe the scope of additional studies that will be needed if the City enters into an agreement with project sponsors. Advice was also requested on the selection of the safe shutdown and operating basis earthquakes as specified in the NFPA 59A standard (NFPA, 2001).
- Keywords
- Surface fault rupture; Geologic faults; Risk assessment; Seiche; Seismic events; Site selection; Tsunami; Solano County (California); Foundation conditions; Mare Island; Liquid natural gas; Safety; Hazards; Near-source ground motion