Abstract Seattle, Washington, has one of the most progressive landslide ordinances and mitigation programs in the United States. The necessity for this is driven by concentrated winter precipitation, steep slopes, and glacial soils that are susceptible to instability. Early in the European development, engineers recognized the vulnerability of Seattle hillsides to landslides, particularly when the hillsides were disturbed. In this paper, we trace the history of mapping of landslide-prone ground in Seattle, started by Miller ( 1973 ), detailed by Tubbs ( 1974, 1975 ), and most recently catalogued by Shannon & Wilson ( 2000, 2003 ). Owing to the relative homogeneity of geology (glacial and other Pleistocene nonglacial soils), landsliding consists mainly of debris landslides, debris avalanches, and slumps. Debris avalanches that engage the shallow colluvial soils are by far the most common. Deep-seated slumps are not as common but can encompass a large area and affect many property owners. Several studies agree that ~80% of the landslides include one or more human influences. To limit the amount of damage that landslides cause to private properties and City of Seattle infrastructure, rules were promulgated by the city in 1984. These rules have been revised three times, and they now serve as an example for the rest of the state of Washington. Following destructive, widespread slope instability in 1997 and the Shannon & Wilson studies in 2000 and 2003 , Seattle Public Utilities instituted a state-of-the-industry landslide mitigation program that has already paid dividends for the city.

Abstract This field guide consists of eleven stops at sites that illustrate the geological, geophysical, geographic, and engineering aspects of the Hayward fault in the East Bay. Section I (Stops 1–4) consists of stops that are part of the University of California at Berkeley (UC-Berkeley), including research facilities, retrofit of campus buildings, and geomorphic features along the fault. Section II (Stops 5 and 6) consists of stops along the Hayward fault north of the UC-Berkeley main campus, and Section III (stops 7–11) consists of stops related to the Hayward fault south of the UC-Berkeley main campus (Fig. 1 ). Stops are designed to illustrate geomorphic features of the fault, the effects of fault creep on structures sited on the fault, and retrofit design of structures to mitigate potential future deformation due to fault rupture.

Abstract Contributors: Hans AbramsonWard, Geomatrix Consultants, Inc., 2101 Webster St., Suite 1200, Oakland, California 94612, USA; Julie Bawcom, California Geological Survey, 17501 North Highway 101, Willits, California 95490, USA; John Boatwright, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd., M.S. 977, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA; Todd Crampton, Geomatrix Consultants, Inc., 2101 Webster St., Suite 1200, Oakland, California 94612, USA; Wayne Goldberg, City Manager's Office, 100 Santa Rosa Ave., Rm. 10, Santa Rosa, California 95404, USA; Kathryn L.Hanson, Geomatrix Consultants, Inc., 2101 Webster St., Suite 1200, Oakland, California 94612, USA; Victoria E.Langenheim, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd., M.S. 989, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA; MortLarsen, Department of Geology, Humboldt State University, 1 Harpst St., Arcata, Cali-fornia 95521, USA; Gaye LeBaron, Press Democrat, P.O. Box 569, Santa Rosa, California 95402, USA; Darcy K.McPhee, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd., M.S. 989, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA; William V. McCormick, Kleinfelder, 2240 Northpoint Parkway, Santa Rosa, California 95407, USA; Robert J. McLaughlin, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd., M.S. 973, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA; Craig A.McCabe, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd., M.S. 973, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA; David P.Schwartz, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd., M.S. 977, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA; GarySimpson, SHN Consulting Engineers and Geologists, 812 W. Wabash Ave., Eureka, California 95501, USA; Frank H. (Bert)Swan, Consulting Geologist, 240 Laidley Street, San Francisco, California 94131, USA This guidebook is for a two-day trip: the first part (Day 1) takes place in and near the city of Santa Rosa and on the Rodgers Creek fault in Sonoma County; the second part (Day 2) will go to stops in the town of Willits, on the northern Maacama fault, in Mendocino County. The Rodgers Creek and Maacama faults are major strands of the San Andreas fault system in northern California. The two faults are separated by a right step and may be considered the northern extension of the Hayward and Calaveras faults, which branch from the San Andreas fault south of the San Francisco Bay area (Fig. 1 A). This system of faults accommodates almost a quarter of the total right-slip motion between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates. Slip is released in large, episodic earthquakes and, on some faults, such as the northern Maacama fault, by slow, steady creep.