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Fugro Consultants, Inc.<br />

Project No. 04.79221200<br />

San Francisco and Oakland airports to assess the potential for slope instability and seepage<br />

resulting from co-seismic liquefaction.<br />

TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />

Executive Summary .................................................................................................................... ii<br />

1.0 introduction ......................................................................................................................... 1<br />

1.1 Purpose ........................................................................................................................... 2<br />

2.0 Background ......................................................................................................................... 2<br />

2.1 <strong>Liquefaction</strong> during the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake .................................................... 3<br />

2.2 Fill Emplacement around San Francisco Bay .................................................................. 3<br />

3.0 Scope and Methodology ...................................................................................................... 4<br />

3.1 Project Scope .................................................................................................................. 4<br />

3.2 Methodology .................................................................................................................... 5<br />

3.2.1 Data Compilation and Review................................................................................... 5<br />

3.2.2 Development of a Geologic Map and Model ............................................................. 5<br />

3.2.3 <strong>Liquefaction</strong> <strong>Susceptibility</strong> <strong>Analysis</strong> .......................................................................... 6<br />

3.2.4 Preparation of Settlement Maps ............................................................................... 7<br />

4.0 Geologic Setting .................................................................................................................. 8<br />

4.1 San Francisco International <strong>Airport</strong> (SFO)....................................................................... 9<br />

4.2 Oakland International <strong>Airport</strong> (OAK) ...............................................................................10<br />

4.3 Buchanan Field <strong>Airport</strong> (CCR)........................................................................................11<br />

4.4 Livermore Municipal <strong>Airport</strong> (LVK)..................................................................................12<br />

4.5 Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) ........................................................................................13<br />

5.0 <strong>Liquefaction</strong> Hazard Assessment .......................................................................................14<br />

5.1 Methodology ...................................................................................................................14<br />

5.1.1 Ground Motion Parameters .....................................................................................15<br />

5.1.2 Groundwater ............................................................................................................17<br />

5.1.3 Quality of Available Subsurface Data.......................................................................18<br />

5.2 Results ...........................................................................................................................18<br />

5.2.1 San Francisco International <strong>Airport</strong> ..........................................................................20<br />

5.2.2 Oakland International <strong>Airport</strong> ...................................................................................20<br />

5.2.3 Buchanan Field <strong>Airport</strong> ............................................................................................21<br />

iv<br />

May 31, 2013

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