Lyttelton Review 16 April 2012
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
The "Lyttelton Review" newsletter for 16 April 2012, produced by the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre.
The "Lyttelton Review" newsletter for 16 April 2012, produced by the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre.
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A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 13 April 2012
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A story submitted by Mark Buckley to the QuakeStories website.
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 27 January 2012
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 12 October 2012
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 19 October 2012
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 26 October 2012
Summary of oral history interview with Leanne Curtis about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
The "Lyttelton Review" newsletter for 30 January 2012, produced by the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre.
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Summary of oral history interview with Mary Hobbs about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
The "Lyttelton Review" newsletter for 6 February 2012, produced by the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre.
Transcript of Kirstin Golding's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
The "Lyttelton Review" newsletter for 12 March 2012, produced by the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre.
The Canterbury earthquake sequence in New Zealand’s South Island induced widespread liquefaction phenomena across the Christchurch urban area on four occasions (4 Sept 2010; 22 Feb; 13 June; 23 Dec 2011), that resulted in widespread ejection of silt and fine sand. This impacted transport networks as well as infiltrated and contaminated the damaged storm water system, making rapid clean-up an immediate post-earthquake priority. In some places the ejecta was contaminated by raw sewage and was readily remobilised in dry windy conditions, creating a long-term health risk to the population. Thousands of residential properties were inundated with liquefaction ejecta, however residents typically lacked the capacity (time or resources) to clean-up without external assistance. The liquefaction silt clean-up response was co-ordinated by the Christchurch City Council and executed by a network of contractors and volunteer groups, including the ‘Farmy-Army’ and the ‘Student-Army’. The duration of clean-up time of residential properties and the road network was approximately 2 months for each of the 3 main liquefaction inducing earthquakes; despite each event producing different volumes of ejecta. Preliminary cost estimates indicate total clean-up costs will be over NZ$25 million. Over 500,000 tonnes of ejecta has been stockpiled at Burwood landfill since the beginning of the Canterbury earthquakes sequence. The liquefaction clean-up experience in Christchurch following the 2010-2011 earthquake sequence has emerged as a valuable case study to support further analysis and research on the coordination, management and costs of large volume deposition of fine grained sediment in urban areas.