SPECIAL FEATURE Geologic and geomorphic influence on the spatial extent of lateral spreading in Christchurch, New Zealand
Lateral spreading occurred proximal to waterways during the 2010 to 2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence (CES) resulting in severe damage to overlying infrastructure. Published empirical and semi-empirical models for predicting lateral spread displacements have been shown produce displacement that varied by a factor of <0.5 to…