Hinzen, Klaus-G., Reamer, Sharon K. and Lindsey, Bill (2017). A Bottle That Survived Two Earthquakes? Seismol. Res. Lett., 88 (4). S. 1156 - 1163. ALBANY: SEISMOLOGICAL SOC AMER. ISSN 1938-2057

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Abstract

The Marina District at the shore of the San Francisco Bay is well known for its strong earthquake site effects. Here, a valley in the bedrock is overlain by thick Pleistocene and Holocene deposits, along with a variety of artificial fills mainly dating from the 1850s to 1920. Both the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake caused severe damage to structures and lifelines in the district, enhanced by strong site effects. During repair work after the 1989 earthquake, an intact glass bottle was saved from one of the excavation pits. Detailed examination and description of the bottle shows that it is a mouth-blown crown cap soda bottle. Although precise dating of the bottle to the year is not certain, it appears to be possible that the bottle was among some debris from the 1906 earthquake dumped in the area of today's Beach Street.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Hinzen, Klaus-G.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Reamer, Sharon K.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Lindsey, BillUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-225420
DOI: 10.1785/0220170049
Journal or Publication Title: Seismol. Res. Lett.
Volume: 88
Number: 4
Page Range: S. 1156 - 1163
Date: 2017
Publisher: SEISMOLOGICAL SOC AMER
Place of Publication: ALBANY
ISSN: 1938-2057
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
MARINA DISTRICT BASIN; SAN-FRANCISCO; CALIFORNIAMultiple languages
Geochemistry & GeophysicsMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/22542

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