The SCEC unified community velocity model software framework

P Small, D Gill, PJ Maechling… - Seismological …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Crustal seismic‐velocity models and datasets play a key role in regional 3D numerical
earthquake ground‐motion simulation, full waveform tomography, and modern physics …

Evaluation of the southern California seismic velocity models through simulation of recorded events

R Taborda, S Azizzadeh-Roodpish… - Geophysical Journal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Significant effort has been devoted over the last two decades to the development of various
seismic velocity models for the region of southern California, United States. These models …

Crust and upper mantle structure of the New Madrid Seismic Zone: Insight into intraplate earthquakes

C Chen, D Zhao, S Wu - Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2014 - Elsevier
We determine a 3-D P-wave velocity model of the crust and upper mantle down to 400 km
depth to investigate structural heterogeneity and its influences on the generation of …

On-going challenges in physics-based ground motion prediction and insights from the 2010–2011 Canterbury and 2016 Kaikoura, New Zealand earthquakes

BA Bradley - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents on-going challenges in the present paradigm shift of earthquake-
induced ground motion prediction from empirical to physics-based simulation methods. The …

Methodology and computational implementation of a New Zealand Velocity Model (NZVM2. 0) for broadband ground motion simulation

EM Thomson, BA Bradley, RL Lee - New Zealand Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents a generalised velocity model construction methodology, its
computational implementation, and application in the construction of a New Zealand …

IFCEE 2024: Drilled and Driven Foundations and Innovative and Emerging Approaches for Foundation Engineering

DM Moug - 2024 - ascelibrary.org
Selected papers from the International Foundations Congress and Equipment Expo 2024,
held in Dallas, Texas, May 7–10, 2024. Sponsored by the International Association of …

Estimating site response with recordings from deep boreholes and HVSR: Examples from the Mississippi embayment of the central United States

NS Carpenter, Z Wang… - Bulletin of the …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Recordings of weak‐motion S waves at two deep vertical seismic arrays in the northern
Mississippi embayment (ie, vertical seismic array Paducah [VSAP] and the Central United …

Dense lower crust elevates long‐term earthquake rates in the New Madrid seismic zone

W Levandowski, OS Boyd… - Geophysical Research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Knowledge of the local state of stress is critical in appraising intraplate seismic
hazard. Inverting earthquake moment tensors, we demonstrate that principal stress …

Mapping P-wave azimuthal anisotropy of the New Madrid seismic zone

Z Wang, D Zhao - Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2019 - Elsevier
We determine a detailed tomographic model of 3-D P-wave azimuthal anisotropy in the crust
and upper mantle beneath the New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ) using a large number of …

Receiver function and gravity constraints on crustal structure and vertical movements of the Upper Mississippi Embayment and Ozark Uplift

L Liu, SS Gao, KH Liu, K Mickus - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Upper Mississippi Embayment (UME), where the seismically active New
Madrid Seismic Zone resides, experienced two phases of subsidence commencing in the …