What is Quaternary alluvium? What is Holocene mud?Which rock type shown on the map in Figure 1 is probably the most rigid and most consolidated? Which rock type shown on Figure 1 probably contains the most water?Which of the three sites (S1, S3 or S4) experienced the MOST shaking and how do you know?What is the geologic unit mapped at each site: S1, S3 and S4?Based on your answers on this table, how did the underlying geologic deposits contribute to the collapse of the Nimitz freeway? Figure 2: Three seismograms of aftershocks atstations S1, S3, and S4S4S3S1455565758595Time (sec)Amplitude Figure 1: Simplified Geologic Map of the SanFrancisco Bay AreaTREASURE IS.MacAuthurBAY BRIDGEYERBABUENA IS.OAKLANDTO SAN FRANCISCO0 1 23 kmMAP AREASACRAMENTOHolocene Mud, 0-40m thickSTOCKTONQuaternary Alluvium, 0-50m thickSAN ONOAKLANDFRANC IstOFransiscan Formation - Sandstone and Shalewith Greenstone, Chert, Limestone,Conglomerate, and Metamorphic RocksSAN JOSENimitz-

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What is Quaternary alluvium? What is Holocene mud?
Which rock type shown on the map in Figure 1 is probably the most rigid and most consolidated? Which rock type shown on Figure 1 probably contains the most water?
Which of the three sites (S1, S3 or S4) experienced the MOST shaking and how do you know?
What is the geologic unit mapped at each site: S1, S3 and S4?
Based on your answers on this table, how did the underlying geologic deposits contribute to the collapse of the Nimitz freeway?