CONTENTS PART 1: Provisions and Commentary 1.GENERAL 1.1 SCOPE 1.2 FAILURE MECHANISMS 1.3 EARTHQUAKE LOAD 1.4 INVESTIGATION 2. LOCATION 2.1 PREFERENCE 2.2 DESIGN MEASURES 3. FREEBOARD 4. LIQUEFACTION 4.1 FOUNDATION 4.2 COMPACTION 5. SEISMIC SLOPE STABILITY ASSESSMENT 6. EQUIVALENT-STATIC SLOPE STABILITY ASSESSMENT 6.1 EQUIVALENT-STATIC FORCES 6.2 APPLICATION OF FORCES 6.3 SOIL PROPERTIES 7. SLIDING BLOCK METHOD 7.1 GENERAL 7.2 ACCEPTABLE DEFORMATION 7.3 HYNES-GRIFFIN AND FRANKLIN METHOD 8. DYNAMIC ANALYSIS 9.HYDRODYNAM1C EFFECT 10. INSTRUMENTATION, INSPECTION AND MONITORING 10.1 INSTRUMENTATION 10.2 INSPECTION 10.3 VISUAL INSPECTION 10.4 MONITORING 10.5 RECORDING, REPORTING AND COMMUNICATION ANNEX A: SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE FOR EVALUATION OF LIUEF ACTION POTENTIAL 25 REFERENCES PART 2 : Explanatory Examples for Seismic Design of Earth Dams and Embankments