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Alameda County, California

• Holzer, T.L., Noce, T.E., and Bennett, M.J., 2010, Predicted liquefaction in the Greater Oakland area and Northern Santa Clara Valley during a repeat of the 1868 Hayward Fault (M6.7–7.0) earthquake, in Knudsen, K., Baldwin, J., Brocher, T., Burgmann, R., Craig, M., Cushing, D., Hellweg, P., Wiegers, M., and Wong, I., 3rd Conference on earthquake hazards in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area: Hayward, CA, California Geological Survey Special Report 219, v. Special Report 219, p. 147-163.
• Bennett, M.J., Sneed, Michelle, Noce, T.E., and Tinsley, J.C. III, 2009, Cone penetration test and soil boring at the Bayside Groundwater Project in San Lorenzo, Alameda County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1050, 25 p. and 3 spreadsheets, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1050/.
• Holzer, T.L., Bennett, M.J., Noce, T.E., Padovani, A.C., and Tinsley, J.C., III, 2006, Liquefaction hazard mapping with LPI in the greater Oakland, California, area: Earthquake Spectra, v. 22, no. 3, 693-708.
• Holzer, T.L., Blair, J.L., Noce, T.E., and Bennett, M.J., 2006, LiqueMap: A real-time postearthquake map of liquefaction probability in National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 8th, San Francisco, Proceedings, Paper 89, 10 p.
• Holzer, T.L., Blair, J.L., Noce, T.E., and Bennett, M.J., 2006, Predicted liquefaction of East Bay fills during a repeat of a 1906 San Francisco earthquake: Earthquake Spectra, v. 22, no. S2, p. S261-S277.
• Holzer, T.L., Bennett, M.J., Noce, T.E., and Tinsley, J.C., III, 2005, Shear-wave velocity of surficial geologic sediments in Northern California: Statistical distributions and depth dependence: Earthquake Spectra, v. 21, no. 1, p. 161-177.
• Holzer, T.L., Padovani, A.C., Bennett, M.J., Noce, T.E., and Tinsley, J.C., III, 2005, Mapping NEHRP VS30 site classes: Earthquake Spectra, v. 21, no. 2., p. 353-370.
• ---, 2003, The application of the liquefaction potential index to liquefaction hazard mapping, in Proceedings, Eighth U.S.-Japan workshop on earthquake resistant design of lifeline facilities and countermeasures against liquefaction, Tokyo, Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Technical Report MCEER-03-0003, p. 161-171.
• Holzer, T.L., Bennett, M.J., Noce, T.E., Padovani, A.C., and Tinsley, J.C., III, 2002, Liquefaction hazard and shaking amplification maps of Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, and Piedmont: A digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 02-296, http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of02-296/.
• Holzer, T.L., Toprak, S., and Bennett, M.J., 2002, Liquefaction potential index and seismic hazard mapping in the San Francisco Bay area, California, in Proceedings, 7th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, v. II, p. 1699-1706.
• Piratheepan, P., 2002, Estimating shear-wave velocity from SPT and CPT data: M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC,184 p.

Evansville

• Haase, J.S., Choi, Y.S., and Nowack, R.L., 2011, Liquefaction hazard near the Ohio river from midwestern scenario earthquakes: Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, v. 17, no. 2, p. 165-181.
• Holzer, T.L., Noce, T.E., and Bennett, M.J., 2011, Liquefaction probability curves for surficial geologic units: Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, v. 17, no. 1, p. 1-21.

San Luis Obispo County, California

• Holzer, T.L., Noce, T.E., Bennett, M.J., and Tinsley, J.C., III, Rosenberg, L.I., 2005, Liquefaction at Oceano, California, during the 2003 San Simeon earthquake: Bulletin Seismological Society of America, v. 95, no. 6, p. 2396-2411.
• Holzer, T.L., Noce, T.E., Bennett, M.J., Di Alessandro, C., Boatwright, J., Tinsley, J.C., III, Sell, R.W., and Rosenberg, L.I., 2004, Liquefaction-induced lateral spreading at Oceano, California, during the 2003 San Simeon earthquake: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 2004-1269, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1269/.

Santa Clara County

• Holzer, T.L., Noce, T.E., and Bennett, M.J., 2010, Predicted liquefaction in the Greater Oakland area and Northern Santa Clara Valley during a repeat of the 1868 Hayward Fault (M6.7–7.0) earthquake, in Knudsen, K., Baldwin, J., Brocher, T., Burgmann, R., Craig, M., Cushing, D., Hellweg, P., Wiegers, M., and Wong, I., 3rd Conference on earthquake hazards in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area: Hayward, CA, California Geological Survey Special Report 219, v. Special Report 219, p. 147-163.
• Holzer, T.L., Noce, T.E., and Bennett, M.J., 2009, Scenario liquefaction hazard maps of Santa Clara Valley, Northern California: Seismological Society of America Bulletin, v. 99, no. 1, p. 367-381.
• Holzer, Thomas L., Noce, Thomas E., and Bennett, Michael J., 2008, Liquefaction hazard maps for three earthquake scenarios for the communities of San Jose, Campbell, Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Gatos, Milpitas, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Saratoga, and Sunnyvale, northern Santa Clara County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 2008-1270, 33 p., 3 plates, and database, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1270/.

Solano County, California

• Bennett, M.J., Noce, T.E., and Lienkaemper, J. J., 2011, Cone penetration tests and soil borings at the Mason Road site in Green Valley, Solano County, California; U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1281, 52 p. and 3 data tables.

General

• Holzer, T.L., Noce, T.E., and Bennett, M.J., 2011, Liquefaction probability curves for surficial geologic units: Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, v. 17, no. 1, p. 1-21.
• Holzer, T.L., Noce, T.E., and Bennett, M.J., 2010, Maps and documentation of seismic CPT soundings in the eastern, central, and western United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 2010-1136, 63 p., 3 tables, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1136/.
• Holzer, T.L., 2008, Probabilistic liquefaction hazard mapping, in Zeng, D., Manzari, M.T., and Hiltunen, D., eds., Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics Conference, 4th, Sacramento, Proceedings, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 181, p. 1-32.
• Holzer, T.L., and Bennett, M.J., 2007, Geologic and hydrogeologic controls of boundaries of lateral spreads: Lessons from USGS case histories, in, Schaefer, V.R., Schuster, R.L., and Turner, A.K., eds., First North American Landslide Conference, Proceedings, Association of Engineering Geologists Special Publication 23, p. 502-522.
• Holzer, T.L., and Youd, T.L., 2007, Liquefaction, ground oscillation, and soil deformation at the Wildlife Array, California: Seismological Society of America Bulletin, v. 97, no. 3, p. 961-976.
• Noce, T.E., and Holzer, T.L., 2003, CPT-hole closure: Ground water monitoring & remediation, v. 23, no. 1, p. 93-96.
• Toprak, S., and Holzer, T.L., 2003, Liquefaction potential index: Field assessment: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, v. 129, no. 4, p. 315-322.
• ---, 2003, Subsurface exploration with the cone penetration testing truck: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 028-03, 2 p., http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/fact-sheet/fs028-03/.
• Toprak, S., Holzer, T.L., Bennett, M.J., and Tinsley, J.C., III, 1999, CPT- and SPT-based probabilistic assessment of liquefaction potential, in Proceedings, Seventh U.S.-Japan workshop on earthquake resistant design of lifeline facilities and countermeasures against liquefaction, Seattle, Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Technical Report MCEER-99-0019, p. 69-86.