Among all the numerical methods in seismology, the finite-difference (FD) technique
provides the best balance of accuracy and computational efficiency. This book offers a …

We have successfully applied full‐3‐D tomography (F3DT) based on a combination of the
scattering‐integral method (SI‐F3DT) and the adjoint‐wavefield method (AW‐F3DT) to …

It is well established that sedimentary basins can significantly amplify earthquake ground
motion. However, the amplification at any given site can vary with earthquake location. To …

The southernmost San Andreas fault has a high probability of rupturing in a large (greater
than magnitude 7.5) earthquake sometime during the next few decades. New simulations …

We apply full 3D tomography (f3dt) to a regional dataset in the Los Angeles area. In f3dt, the
starting model as well as the model perturbation is three-dimensional and the sensitivity …

We have developed and numerically tested quantitative misfit criteria for comparison of
seismograms. The misfit criteria are based on the time-frequency representation of the …

We propose a fourth-order staggered-grid finite-difference method to study dynamic faulting
in three dimensions. The method uses an implementation of the boundary conditions on the …

Abstract We simulate 0-to 0.5-Hz 3D wave propagation through the Southern California
Earthquake Center seismic velocity reference model, version 2, for the 1994 Northridge …

We present a new approach for computing broadband (0–10 Hz) synthetic seismograms by
combining high-frequency (HF) scattering with low-frequency (LF) deterministic …

Petascale simulations are needed to understand the rupture and wave dynamics of the
largest earthquakes at shaking frequencies required to engineer safe structures (> 1 Hz) …