Appendix I

In this paper the 100-year sample of earthquakes known to have occurred in the Puget Sound area between 1870 and 1969 ls evaluated for completeness and the question of fitting the frequency formula log N = a + bl₀ to biased samples that are short with respect to the recurrence Interval of the largest earthquakes contained 111 them ts studied.

The Carrizo Plain segment of the San Andreas fault is noteworthy as an area that clearly displays offset, diverted, and abandoned channels. The channels result from the interaction of strike-slip fault processes, and the geomorphic processes of erosion, transport, and deposition. This interaction produces periodically abandoned channels accompanied by the incision of new channels across the San Andreas fault. Geomorphic features such as scarps, offset stream channels, grabens, and pressure ridges mark the surface trace of the fault.

A computer code (RASCAL) has been developed to provide realistic predictions of ground motion parameters for applications to earthquake engineering risk assessment.

Wallace Creek is an ephemeral stream in central California, the present channel of which displays an offset of 128 m along the San Andreas fault. Geological investigations have elucidated the relatively simple evolution of this channel and related landforms and deposits.