This page accesses a cache of historical documents authored by seismologists from the University of Queensland. Drs J.P. Webb, J.M. Rynn and Mr R.C. Cuthbertson were staff members of QUAKES or ESSC, a SRC unit within the Department of Geology & Mineralogy (now SEES). These documents include material that explains why the Queensland Government began monitoring for earthquakes around their dams and infrastructure. QSN is indebted to Michael Turnbull, Adjunct Research Fellow, CQU, for scanning these materials and Col Lynam, QSN Coordinator, for facilitating.

All files have been rendered searchable. To reduce the size of the files and downloading time, some have been “optimised” which causes a reduction in visual quality. However, every optimised file is accompanied by an original.

Wivenhoe Dam Seismic Surveillance

Discussion Paper 1981 (31.4MB)

Interim Status Report 1983 (5.0MB)

Reports to the Queensland Government WDSSP from 1 of 1977- to 7 of 1984:
WDSSP-1 (27.8MB)  WDSSP-2 (21.6MB) WDSSP-3 (63.6MB) WDSSP-4 (12.2MB) WDSSP-5 (11.0MB) WDSSP-6 (7.6MB) WDSSP-7 (23.9MB)

Accelerograph recommendations 1984 (optimised, 5.3MB) Accelerograph recommendations 1984 (original, 14.7MB)

Burdekin Falls and Other Dams

Monitoring of Proposed Burdekin Dam 1982 (optimised, 4.8MB) Monitoring of Proposed Burdekin Dam 1982 (original, 11.8MB)

Burdekin Preliminary 1988 (optimised, 1.6MB) and Burdekin Preliminary 1988 (original, 4.2MB)
Burdekin Proposed 1989 (optimised, 2.3MB) and Burdekin Proposed 1989 (original, 6.5MB)

Awoonga Report 1994 (optimised, 1.4MB) Awoonga Report 1994 (original, 3.5MB)

Seismic Surveillance of Dams 1994 (original, 6.5MB)

Seismic Risk

Seismic Risk Study:

QSRS-1 1985 (optimised, 3.1MB)  QSRS-1 (original, 7.9MB) QSRS-2 1986 (optimised, 2.6MB) QSRS-2 (original, 6.1MB)

Seismic Risk Estimates 1989 (22.3MB)

Earthquake Activity

Regional Seismic Network 1994-5 (4.3MB)

Earthquake activity to 1994 (18.7MB)

Gatton Earthquake 1988

Seismograph records, 1866-2007

See also a series of annual reports originating in Central Queensland University.

Earthquake Engineering Workshops

Introduction Nov. 1984 (optimised, 45.2MB) Introduction Nov. 1984 (original, 108.3MB)

Second Workshop Nov. 1987 (optimised, 18.7MB) Second Workshop Nov. 1987 (original, 53.4MB)

Third Workshop Nov. 1989 Volume 1 (optimised, 22.4MB)   Third Workshop Volume 1 (original, 53.4MB)

Third Workshop Nov. 1989 Volume 2 (original, 41.1MB)

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