Table 1. Study areas and geologic setting Study Area Type of Geologic Deposit Average VS30 (m/s) Location Geologic Map Reference No. of CPT 1 Alluvial fan 297 "Greater Oakland, CA" Witter and others (2006) 85 2 a Alluvial fan 260 "Santa Clara Valley, CA" Witter and others (2006) 98 b "Alluvial fan, young levee" 230 25 3 a Beach ridge (Holocene) 232 "Greater Charleston, SC" Weems and others (unpub. data) 30 b Beach ridge (Pleistocene) 271 70 4 Beach ridge 239 "Upper Peninsula, MI" (aerial photos) 32 5 a "Delta, topset beds" 222 "Sheyenne River, Richland County, ND" Baker (1966) 32 b "Delta, foreset beds" 146 19 6 "Dunes, eolian" 260 "Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, IN" Thompson (1990) 25 7 a Floodplain (floodbasin) 232 "Evansville, IN" Fraser and Fishbaugh (1986); Moore and others (2009) 25 b Floodplain (natural levee) 236 13 8 a Floodplain (point bar) 217 "Mississippi River, AR, MO, and MS" Saucier (1994b) 90 b Floodplain (abandoned channel) 197 40 c Floodplain (floodbasin) 201 20 9 Floodplain (point bar) 234 "Ouachita River, AR" Saucier and Smith (1986) 30 10 Floodplain (point bar) 241 "Red River, AR" Schultz and Krinitzsky (1950) 30 11 Floodplain (point bar) 231 "Rio Grande, TX" Brown et al. (1980) 32 12 Floodplain (point bar) 237 "Wolf River, TN" "Broughton (1999); Cox (2004); Van Arsdale (2004a, b)" 23 13 Lacustrine 199 "Richland County, ND" Baker (1966) 25 14 Lagoonal 190 "Brazoria and Matagorda Counties, TX" Fisher and others (1972); McGowen and others (1976) 30 15 Sandy artificial fill 197 "Greater Oakland, CA" Witter and others (2006) 81 16 "Valley train, Pvl1" 216 "Mississippi Valley, AR and MO" Saucier (1994b) 37 "Valley train, Pvl2" 237 35