SeismoArchives
1965 Puget Sound (USA) Earthquake Archive:
In Honor of Prof. Robert S. Crosson
1965 4/29 15:28 UTC 47.31N 122.33W 66km Mb=6.5,
Puget Sound, WA, USA
The 1965 Puget Sound earthquake is among the three largest and most damaging
earthquakes of the past 100 years in the Pacific Northwest.
This
earthquake archive has been endowed in honor of Prof. Robert S. Crosson by
his colleagues and students
upon his retirement from the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at the
University of Washington in October, 2004.
Professor Crosson dedicated much of his professional career to the
mentorship of graduate students, the
development of the Pacific Northwest Seismographic Network, and the pursuit
of understanding the
earthquakes and structure of the Cascadia subduction zone, as well as the
associated earthquake hazards.
Since we have very little information about this
earthquake, we urge scientists and engineers who have studied this earthquake
to contribute their materials for this archive. Please contact William
H. K. Lee at:
<lee@usgs.gov> (office),
or <whklee@ix.netcom.com> (home).
Endowment Donors: Ken Creager, Steve Malone,
Bob Odom, Stew Smith, Neill Symons, John VanDecar, and
Tom VanWagoner.
Contributors: Charles R. Hutt, William H. K. Lee.
1.
Seismograms of the 1965 Puget Sound (USA) Earthquake:
Selected WWSSN
seismograms from this earthquake were scanned as part of the USGS/ICSU Scanning
Project. The endowment from Ken Creager et al., in effect, will
replace the ICSU fund used to scan the WWSSN seismograms of the 1965 Puget Sound
earthquake, so that WWSSN seismograms of additional earthquakes can be scanned.
link to compressed
tif file directory (.gz format)
2. References:
Algermissen, S.T., and S. T.
Harding (1965). Preliminary seismological report, in "The Puget Sound, Washington
Earthquake of April 29, 1965", U.S. Department of Commerce, Coast and Geodetic
Survey, Rockville, MD, p. 1-26.
Steinbrugge, K.V., and W.K. Cloud (1965). Preliminary
engineering report, in "The Puget Sound, Washington
Earthquake of April 29, 1965", U.S. Department of Commerce, Coast and
Geodetic Survey, Rockville, MD, p. 27-51.
4. A Brief Note about Robert S. Crosson
Robert S. Crosson was educated at University of Washington
(B.Sc. in Geology, 1961); University of Utah (M.S. in Geophysics, 1963), and
Stanford University (Ph.D. in Geophysics, 1966). He spent his entire professional
career at the University of Washington (Assistant Professor, 1966-72); (Associate
Professor, 1972-78); and (Professor, 1978-2004).
Prof. Crosson is noted for the
development of the Pacific Northwest Seismographic Network, and for his
pioneering studies of earthquakes and structure of the Cascadia subduction
zone, as well as the associated earthquake hazards.
Please click: Biographical
Sketch
for: Robert S. Crosson for a
1-page bio-summary written by Prof. Crosson himself
for the International Handbook of Earthquake and
Engineering Seismology,
edited by W.H.K. Lee,
H. Kanamori, P.C. Jennings, and C. Kisslinger, Part B, p.
1879,
Academic Press, San Diego, 2003. This bio-summary
includes a photo of Prof. Crosson provided by Ken Creager.
(Last Updated: October 14,
2004)
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