Utah Liquefaction Advisory Group Webpage

Dr. Steven F. Bartlett, Associate Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Utah
122 South Central Campus Dr.
Salt Lake City, Utah  84112
bartlett@civil.utah.edu

Graduate Students
Michael Olsen, Griffen Erickson, BartLeeflang, Daniel Hinckley, Daniel Gillins, Matthew Moriarty, Nadereh Adam, Massoud Hosseinali

 USGS Technical Reports

• USGS Technical Report - Probabilistic Liquefaction Triggering and Lateral Spread Hazard Maps for Weber, Davis, Utah and Salt Lake Counties (2019) (NEW)
  
• USGS Technical Summary Report Phase IV
• USGS Technical Summary Report Phase III
• USGS Technical Summary Report Phase I & II

 

Other Reports

 

• Liquefaction-Induced Ground Displacements Maps for the Salt Lake Valley, Utah for a M7.0 Scenario Event on the Salt Lake City Segment of the Wasatch Fault (2016)
• Lateral Spread Hazard Mapping of Northern Salt Lake Valley, Utah for a M7.0 Scenario Earthquake from Olsen et al. (Earthquake Spectra) (2005 Thesis)
  
• Probabilistic Liquefaction Potential Mapping of Salt Lake Valley, Utah from Erickson et al. (Earthquake Spectra) - Draft
• Ground Displacement Investigations in Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah Using the Cone Penetrometer from Leeflang 2008 Thesis
• Liquefaction-Induced Ground Displacement Mapping for the Salt Lake Valley, Utah from Hinckley 2010 Thesis
•  Mapping the Probability and Uncertainty of Liquefaction-Induced Ground Failure from Gillins 2012 Dissertation
• Evaluation of Lateral Spread Induced Damage to Roadways and Bridges in Salt Lake County, Utah from Moriarty 2014 Thesis
• Identifying Network-Wide Critical Transportation Links Under Disaster Disruptions: A Multi-Scenario and Probability-Based Simulation Approach (2017 TRB)

 Other Maps 

• Liquefaction Triggering Maps (Salt Lake Valley)
•  Probabilistic Liquefaction Triggering Map for Salt Lake Valley
• Probability of Triggering Liquefaction for a M7.0 event in Salt Lake Valley

• Lateral Spread Displacement Maps (Salt Lake Valley)

• Lateral Spread Displacement Map for a M7.0 event in Salt Lake Valley
• Lateral Spread Displacement Map for a 2500-year return period event in Salt Lake Valley
• Lateral Spread Displacement Map for a 500-year return period event in Salt Lake Valley

• Ground Settlement Maps (Salt Lake Valley)
•  Ground Settlement Map for a M7.0 event in Salt Lake Valley
•  Ground Settlement Map for a 2500-year return period event in Salt Lake Valley
•  Ground Settlement Map for a 500-year return period event in Salt Lake Valley

• Site Class Map (NEHRP Soil Classification for Salt Lake Valley)
•    Salt Lake Valley

Short Courses

• Liquefaction Hazards - From Mapping to Implementation
• Mapping of Lateral Spread Displacement Hazard, Weber County, Utah (EERI 2014)
• Mapping of Liquefaction Hazard for Salt Lake and Weber Counties, Utah (UGA 2014)
  

Presentations

• Lateral Spread Hazard Mapping of Northern Salt Lake Valley, Utah for a M7.0 Scenario Earthquake (Olsen 2006)
• 400 South CPT Investigation (Leflang 2007)
• ULAG Summary (Bartlett 2007)
• ULAG Summary (Bartlett 2008)
• ULAG Summary (Bartlett 2009)
• ULAG Summary (Bartlett 2010)
• ULAG Summary (Bartlett 2011)
• ULAG Summary (Bartlett, 2013)
• ULAG Summary (Bartlett, 2018)
  
• EERI Presentation Utah Chapter (Bartlett, 2014)
• Utah Geological Association (Bartlett, 2014)
• Utah Department of Public Safety Update (Bartlett, 2015)
  
• PEER Lateral Spread Database (Bartlett & Franke, 2016)
• PEER Lateral Spread Database (Bartlett & Franke, 2018)
• Korean Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) (Bartlett, 2019)
  

 

Databases

• Salt Lake Valley Borehole Database
• Salt Lake Valley Vs 30 measurements