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Time DeAnza Ballroom 1 DeAnza Ballroom 2 DeAnza Ballroom 3 Bonsai Room Global Seismotectonics New Developments Supershear Earthquake M5.4 Mt. Carmel, Illinois, Session Chair: Allison Bent in Seismic and Rupture Speeds Earthquake, 18 April 2008 (see page 294) Acoustic Monitoring Session Chairs: Shamita Session Chairs: Mitch of Earthquakes and Das and Michel Bouchon Withers, Steve Horton, and Explosions (see page 299) Robert Williams (see page Session Chairs: Lee Steck 301) and Megan Flanagan (see page 296) 8:30 Parameterization of the Hypocenter Locations of Invited: The Near-Sonic Introduction and Active Seismic Source Earthquakes in Sonora, Rupture Velocities of the Background for the Zones of the Caucasus Mexico, Using Source- Kokoxili Mw 7.8 and April 18, 2008 Illinois Region, Godoladze, T., Specific Station Terms. Denali Mw 7.9 Strike- Earthquake. Withers, Javakhishvili, Z., and Castro, R.R., Shearer, Slip Earthquakes Imaged M.M., Herrmann, R.B., and Elashvili, M. P., Astiz, L., Vernon, F., with Teleseismic P-Waves Benz, H.M. Jacques, C., and Huerta, C. Recorded by the Global Seismic Network. Walker, K.T., and Shearer, P.M. 8:45 Possible Transient Strain Global Crust and Upper Invited: What Analysis of Effects from Accumulation along the Mantle Tomography for Characterizes Supershear the April 18, 2008 Illinois North Anatolian Fault: Improved Seismic Location. Fault Segments? Bouchon, Earthquake. Larson, T.H., Precursor or Artifact? Myers, S.C., Ballard, S., M., and Karabulut, H. Bauer, R.A., Su, W.-J., Dolan, J. F. Rowe, C., Wagner, G., Devera, J.A., Seid, M., Antolik, M., Phillips, S., Hester, N.C., Elrick, S.D., Ramirez, A., Begnaud, M., and Korose, C.P. Pasyanos, M.A., Dodge, D., Flanagan, M.P., Dwyer, J., Hutchenson, K., and Russell, D.

9:00 A 4000 Year Record of Maximum-Likelihood mb Invited: Super-Fast Felt Intensity vs. Earthquakes in the Late Station Correction Factors Rupture on Faults and Instrumental Ground Holocene Sediments from for the Stations of the Its Impact on Population Motion: A Difference Saanich Inlet, an Anoxic International Monitoring Centres. Robinson, D.P. Between California and Fiord near Victoria, British System (IMS). Murphy, Eastern North America?— Columbia. Blais-Stevens, A., J.R., and Barker, B.W. The M5.2 (M5.4 NEIC) Rogers, G.C., and Clague, Mt. Carmel Earthquake J.J. Contribution. Dangkua, D.T., and Cramer, C.H. 9:15 An Updated GPS Surface Developing Frequency- Invited: Rupture NEHRP Site-Class Velocity Field in the Dependent 2D Pn Directionality and Super- Corrected Ground Motions Northeastern Caribbean: Attenuation Models for Shear: Elastic Mismatch for the 2008 Mt. Carmel Implications for Microplate Asia. Yang, X., Phillips, or Damage Induced M5.2 (M5.4 NEIC) Tectonics and Regional W.S., Randall, G.E., Hartse, Retardation? Rosakis, A. J., Earthquake Compared with Seismic Hazard. Jansma, H.E., and Stead, R.J. Sammis, C. G., Bhat, H.S., Eastern North America P.E., and Mattioli, G.S. and Biegel, R.L. Ground Motion Prediction Equations. Cramer, C.H.

272 Seismological Research Letters Volume 80, Number 2 March/April 2009 Time DeAnza Ballroom 1 DeAnza Ballroom 2 DeAnza Ballroom 3 Bonsai Room 9:30 The October and November Lg Attenuation in Invited: Kinematic and Cataloging the 1811–1812 2008 Arctic Ocean the Northern Korean Dynamic Source Inversion New Madrid, Central U.S. Earthquake Swarm. Bent, Peninsula: A Study Based on in the Low Frequency Earthquake Sequence: What A. L., and Hayek, S. Waveforms of the 9 October Range. DiCarli, S., the Recent Past Can Tell 2006 Nuclear Test Recorded Madariaga, R., and Peyrat, Us about the Distant Past. along the Sino-North S. Hough, S.E. Korean Border. Chun, K.-Y., and Henderson, G. A. 9:45 Regional Seismic Amplitude Invited: The 14 Earthquake Ground Motion Modeling and Tomography November 2001 Kokoxili Simulations in the Central for Earthquake-Explosion (Tibet) Earthquake: United States. Ramirez- Discrimination in the High-Frequency Seismic Guzman, L., Williams, Middle East. Pasyanos, Radiation Originating R.A., Boyd, O., Hartzell, S. M.E., Walter, W.R., Matzel, from the Transitions E.M., and Rodgers, A.J. Between Sub-Rayleigh and Supershear Rupture Velocity Regimes. Vallée, M., Landès, M., Shapiro, N.M. and Klinger, Y. 10:00 Break

Earthquake Source New Developments Supershear Earthquake M5.4 Mt. Carmel, Illinois, Mechanics in Seismic and Rupture Speeds (contin- Earthquake, 18 April 2008 Session Chairs: Justin Acoustic Monitoring ued) (continued) Rubinstein and Nick Beeber of Earthquakes and Session Chairs: Michel Session Chairs: Mitch (see page 295) Explosions (continued) Bouchon and Shamita Das Withers, Steve Horton, and Session Chairs: Steve Myers Robert Williams and Anastasia Stroujkova 10:30 Shear Strain Localization Aftershock Characteristics Transition to Supershear Determination of the Fault in a Model of Coseismic as a Means of Speeds in 3D Simulations of Plane of the April 18, 2008 Slip below the Seismogenic Discriminating Explosions Earthquake Sequences and Illinois Earthquake by Zone. Daub, E.G., and from Earthquakes. Ford, Aseismic Slip. Lapusta, N., Detecting and Relocating Carlson, J. M. S.R., Walter, W.R. and Liu, Y. Aftershocks.Yang, H., Zhu, L., and Chu, R. 10:45 An Alternative Way to Comprehensive Test Ban Experimental Investigation Site Response from Estimate Moment of Monitoring: Contributions of Radiated Ground Observations of the Mw 5.2 Repeating Earthquakes from Regional Moment Motion Due to Supershear April, 18, 2008, Mt. Carmel, and Its Implications for Tensors to Determine Earthquake Ruptures. Mello, Illinois Earthquake Sequence. Earthquake Recurrence Source Type and Depth. M., Bhat, H. S., Rosakis, A. Horton, S. Relations. Rubinstein, J.L., Hellweg, M., Dreger, D. J., and Kanamori, H. and Ellsworth, W.L. and Romanowicz, B. 11:00 Seismic Signature of Seismic Radiation from Effect of the Free Surface on Analysis of Shallow Vs and Subducting Seamounts Regions Sustaining Material Supershear Transition in 3D Site Response at Five ANSS on the Faulting Process of Damage. Ben-Zion, Y., and Simulations of Spontaneous Stations Located within 50 the 2003 Great Tokachi- Ampuero, J.-P. Dynamic Rupture on km of the M5.4 Mt. Carmel Oki, Japan, Earthquake. Strike-Slip Faults. Kaneko, Earthquake, Illinois and Robinson, D.P., Cheung, Y., and Lapusta, N. Indiana U.S.A. Odum, L.-T., and Das, S. J.K., Stephenson, W.J., Williams, R.A. and Worley, D.M.

Seismological Research Letters Volume 80, Number 2 March/April 2009 273 Time DeAnza Ballroom 1 DeAnza Ballroom 2 DeAnza Ballroom 3 Bonsai Room 11:15 Estimated Effects of Toward Improved Dependency of Supershear Linear Site Effects from Episodic Slow Slip on the Understanding of Seismic Transition in Dynamic the April 2008 Illinois Occurrence and Probability Signals from Underground Rupture Simulations on Earthquake Sequence at of Great Earthquakes in Explosions with Shock and the Autocorrelation of Selected Sites in the Lower Cascadia Using Lab-Based Anelastic Wave Propagation Initial Stress. Schmedes, Wabash River Valley, Failure Relations. Beeler, Modeling. Rodgers, A., J., Archuleta, R.J., and Central United States. N.M. Vorobiev, O., and Petersson, Lavallée, D. Woolery, E., Street, R., N. A. Meighen, P., and Hart, P. 11:30 Investigation of the The Pulse-Shape and Measuring Rupture Speed Ground Motion Recordings Rupture Properties of Spectral Characteristics Differences Between from the April 18, 2008 Deep Earthquakes Using of P-Waves from Perfshots Computed and Actual Illinois Earthquake. Wang, Back-Projection of Multiple before and after Hydraulic Values Using Kinematic Z., Woolery, E.W., and Seismic Phases. Kiser, E., Fracturing. Krasnova, M.A, Scenario Rupture Models. Schaefer, J.A. Ishii, M., Shearer, P.M. Menke, W., Ammerman, Aagaard, B. M., and Chesnokov, E. 11:45 Improvements to a Some Ground Motion Major Archive of Seismic Implications of Apparent Waveforms from Nuclear Supershear Rupture Explosions Digitally Velocities. O’Connell, Recorded at Borovoye, D.R.H. Kazakhstan, 1966–1996. Baker, D.F., Kim, W.-Y., Patton, H.J., Phillips, W.S., Randall, G.E., and Richards, P.G. 12:00 SSA Annual Luncheon in Serra II (Convention Center) Applications of LiDAR New Developments Earthquake-induced Earthquake Damage and Data to the Study of Active in Seismic and Ground Failure and Site Loss Assessment Faults(continued) Acoustic Monitoring Response: Theory to Session Chairs: Doug Session Chairs: Carol of Earthquakes and Observations Bausch and David Wald (see Prentice, Tim Dawson, and Explosions (continued) Session Chairs: Laurie Baise page 309) Ashley Streig Session Chairs: Chris Young and Keith Knudsen (see and Sue Nava page 307) 2:15 Invited: GeoEarthScope Mobile Earthquake Bayesian Model Assessment Current Status of Airborne LiIDAR Data: Recording in Marine Areas of Liquefaction-Induced Earthquake Loss Estimates Overview and Highlights. by Independent Divers. Maximum Lateral in Real-Time and Phillips, D.A., Jackson, Simons, F.J., Nolet, G., Displacement. Faris, A.T., Scenario Mode. Wyss, M.E., and Meertens, C.M. Georgief, P., Babcock, J.M., and Kayen, R.E. M., Trendafiloski, G., and Regier, L.A., and Davis, R.E. Rosset, P. 2:30 Internet-Based Access to An Analysis of Noise A Liquefaction and Lateral The USGS Pager System’s GeoEarthScope LiDAR Recorded at the Yellowknife Spreading Case History in Contributions to Global Topography. Crosby, C.J., Seismic Array. Koper, K.D., the Making: Moss Landing Earthquake Loss Modeling. Nandigam, V., Arrowsmith, and Benz, H.M. Woodward Marine Site. Wald, D.J., Earle, P.S., J R., and Baru, C. Moss, R.E.S., and Fiegel, Jaiswal, K., Allen, T.I., Lin, G. K., Marano, K., Hearne, M., and Porter, K. 2:45 LiDAR-Based Mapping of Superresolution with Landslides Triggered by Stochastic Methods the Northern San Andreas Seismic Arrays Using the 16 July 2007 Mw 6.6 for the Estimation of and Hayward Faults, Empirical Matched Field Niigata Chuetsu-Oki Japan Potential Seismic Damage: California. Whitehill, Processing. Harris, D.B., Earthquake. Collins, B.D., Application to Recent C.S., Prentice, C.S., and and Kvaerna, T. and Kayen, R. Earthquakes in Turkey. Mynatt, I. Askan, A. and Yucemen, M.S.

274 Seismological Research Letters Volume 80, Number 2 March/April 2009 Time DeAnza Ballroom 1 DeAnza Ballroom 2 DeAnza Ballroom 3 Bonsai Room 3:00 Invited: Fault Zone Probabilistic Seismic Newly Discovered Faults Invited: Developing Structure from Topography: Network Completeness: Associated with Surficial Recommended Emergency Quantitative Analysis of Theory, Application, and Ground Cracks of the 1971 Activation Levels Using LiDAR Data along the Results. Schorlemmer, D. San Fernando Earthquake. USGS Products and Creeping San Andreas Fault, Schell, B.A., and Sexton, HAZUS Loss Estimations. California. Delong, S.B. C.J. Bausch, D., Wald, D. J., and Marano, K. 3:15 Invited: Application of Optimizing Seismic Empirical Magnitude- Invited: Free, Open LiDAR and SRTM Data in Networks for Earthquake Fault Rupture Dimension Source, End-to-End Seismic the Analysis of Fault Zone Early Warning—The Relationships: A Risk Management Software. Damage. Wechsler, N., Case of Istanbul. Oth, A., Reevaluation. Yunatci, Porter, K.A., Hellman, S., Rockwell, T.K., Ben-Zion, Gottschaemmer, E., Boese, A.A., and Cetin, K.O. Wald, D.J., and Lin, K.W. Y. M., and Wenzel, F. 3:30 Dating Offset Alluvial Model Selection in Seismic Research on Probabilistic Fans along the San Andreas Hazard Analysis: An Seismic Risk Analysis Fault in the Santa Cruz Information-Theoretic for Buildings Subjected Mountains Using LiDAR Perspective. Scherbaum, F., to Sequences of Large and Be-10 Geochronology. Delavaud, E., and Riggelsen, Earthquakes. Luco, N. Rood, D.H., Prentice, C.S., C. Delong, S.B., Ritz, J.F. 3:45 Break Applications of LiDAR New Views of the Earth’s Earthquake-induced Earthquake Damage and Data to the Study of Active Interior from Array Ground Failure and Site Loss Assessment (contin- Faults (continued) Analysis Response: Theory to ued) Session Chairs: Carol Session Chairs: Miaki Ishii Observations (continued) Session Chairs: Paulo Prentice, Tim Dawson, and and Keith Koper (see page 306) Session Chairs: Laurie Baise Bazzurro and David Wald Ashley Streig and Keith Knudsen 4:15 Paleoseismic Investigation of Array Analysis of P-Wave Probabilistic Fault Spatial Correlation of the Santa Cruz Mountains Seismic Noise. Zhang, J., Displacement Hazard Ground Motions and Section of the San Andreas Gerstoft, P., and Shearer, Mapping in Southern Response Spectra in a Fault: LiDAR as a Tool P.M. California. Thomas, P., Subduction Environment. to Improve Local Fault Wong, I., Zachariasen, J., Goda, K., and Atkinson, Mapping and Identify and Olig, S. G.M. Future Investigation Sites. Streig, A.R., Dawson, T.E., Fumal, T.E., Reidy, L., and Ticci, M. 4:30 Invited: Topographic Invited: Varying Strengths How Far from a Building Invited: Seismic Hazard Response to Active of Low Velocity Zones at the Starts the Tremor Free- Evaluation and Loss Deformation of Landforms Base of the Mantle Imaged Field? Castellaro, S., and Assessment for Portfolios of the Carrizo Plain by P-Wave Double Array Mulargia, F. of Structures. Bazzurro, P., and the Santa Cruz Stacking. Hutko, A.R., Lay, Tothong, P., Park, J. Mountains, Imaged T., and Revenaugh, J. Using High-Resolution Topographic Data. Hilley, G. E., Arrowsmith, J. R., Bürgmann, R., Dumitru, T., Gudmundsdottir, M. H.

Seismological Research Letters Volume 80, Number 2 March/April 2009 275 Time DeAnza Ballroom 1 DeAnza Ballroom 2 DeAnza Ballroom 3 Bonsai Room 4:45 Geomorphic Analysis of the The MARS Experiment: Possible Bias in Site Invited: Expected Annual Kern Canyon Fault Using Implications for Geometry Effect Estimates in Losses in Memphis, TN LiDAR Data from Walker and the Flow of Mantle Seismic Stations Sited on for Five Candidate Seismic Basin to the Kings-Kern around the Rivera and Unconsolidated Soils. Design Alternatives. Divide, Tulare and Kern Cocos Plates. Ni, J., Leon Castellaro, S., Mulargia, F. Karaca, E., Luco, N., Counties, CA. Kelson, Soto, G., Grand, S. Guzman, Milburn, T. K.I., Amos, C.B., Baldwin, M., Gomez Gonzalez, J.M., J.N., Simpson, D.T., and Yang, T., and Dominguez Rose, R.S. Reyes, T. 5:00 Invited: The “Polaris Invited: The Moho A Comparison of Three Enhancing NEHRP Fault”: A Previously and the Lithosphere- Spatial Models for Site Soil Classifications for Unmapped Fault Discovered Asthenosphere Boundary Response Estimation. HAZUS-MH Analysis and Using LiDAR near Martis under the Western U.S. Thompson, E.M., Baise, Mapping in Charleston SC. Creek Dam, Truckee, CA. From USArray PdS Receiver L.G., Kayen, R.E., Tanaka, Medves, J.J., Jaumé, S.C., Hunter, L.E., Howle, J.F., Functions. Levander, A., Y., and Tanaka, H. and Levine, N.S. Rose, R.S., and Bawden, Miller., M.S., and Niu, F. G.W. 5:15 Measuring Normal Fault Chemical Heterogeneity Seismic Hazard Assessment Seismic Vulnerability of Scarp Displacements and in the Lower Mantle from for Earthquake Resistant Existing Buildings Using Rates of Extension along the Array Observations of Short Design of Structures in Ambient Vibrations in Fish Lake Valley Fault Using Period P and Pdiff Coda. Malaysia. Adnan, A.B., Moderate Seismic Prone High-Resolution Airborne Xu, Y., and Koper, K.D. Meldi, S. and Hendriyawan, Regions. Michel, C., and LiDAR Data. Ganev, P.N., A. Gueguen, P. Dolan, J.F., Frankel, K.L., Finkel, R.C. 5:30 Invited: Disaggregation of the Seismic Risk in the State of California into Its Contribution by Various Seismic Sources. Aslani, H.

Wednesday, 8 April—Morning Poster Sessions from High-Resolution LiDAR DEMs. Lin, Z., Kaneda, H., Mukoyama, S., Asada, N., and Chiba, T. Applications of LiDAR Data to the Study of Active Faults 4. LiDAR-Assisted Study of Holocene Faulting on the (see page 311) Darrington-Devils Mountain Fault Zone, Western Washington. Personius, S.F., Nelson, A.R., Briggs, R.W., 1. Evidence for Holocene Surface Ruptures on the Kern Maharrey, J.Z., Schermer, E.R., and Bradley, L.-A. Canyon Fault: A Former Mesozoic Structure of the Southern Sierra Nevada, Kern County, California. 5. Collateral Damage: Capturing Slip Delocalization in Kozaci, Ö., Lutz, A., Turner, R., Amos, C., Rose, R., Fracture Profiles. Savage, H.S., and Brodsky, E.E. Kelson, K., Baldwin, J., Simpson, D., Maat, P., Kozlowicz, 6. Measuring the Evolution of Slip Surface Roughness with B., Slack, C., Rugg, S., Sowers, J., Brossy, C., Ortiz, R., and LiDAR. Gilchrist, J.J., Brodsky, E.E., Steffeck, M., and Glidden, T. Sagy, A. 2. Preliminary Late Quaternary Slip-Rate Estimate for the Northern Kern Canyon Fault Zone, Tulare and Kern Earthquake Damage and Loss Assessment (see page 312) Counties, California. Amos, C.B., Kelson, K.I., Rood, D.H., Simpson, D.T., Baldwin, J.N., and Rose, R.S. 19. An Atlas of Shakemaps and Population Exposure Catalog for Earthquake Loss Modeling. Allen, T.I., Wald, D.J., 3. Detection of Small Tectonic-Geomorphic Features Earle, P.S., Marano, K., Hotovec, A., Lin, K., and Hearne, beneath Dense Vegetation Cover in Japanese Mountains M.

276 Seismological Research Letters Volume 80, Number 2 March/April 2009 20. Global Earthquake Casualty/Loss Estimation Models 37. East of Eden: Site Response Studies along the Fraser River for the USGS PAGER System. Jaiswal, K.S., Wald, D.J., Valley, Southwest British Columbia. Al-Khoubbi, I.A., Earle, P.S., Hearne, M., and Porter, K.A. and Cassidy, J.F. 21. Invited: Comparisons of Probabilistic Seismic Risk Maps 38. Sensitivity of Seismic Hazard Estimates to Earthquake for HAZUS-Based and Building Code Fragility Models. and Site-Parameters Investigated by Bayesian Networks. Ryu, H., and Luco, N. Kuehn, N.M., Riggelsen, C., Scherbaum, F. 22. PG&E Earthquake Bulletins: Reporting and Emergency 39. Rayleigh Wave Ellipticity Estimation by Using the Response for Hydroelectric Facilities. Steinberg, S.M., Random Decrement Technique (raydec). Hobiger, Wooddell, K.E., and Hollfelder, J.C. M., Bard, P.-Y., Cornou, C., Le Bihan, N., Endrun, B., Ohrnberger, M., and Renalier, F. 23. Invited: Uncertainty in Seismic Loss Estimation of Structures. Shome, N. 40. A Deformation-Based Approach to Mapping Liquefaction Hazard. Real, C.R., Woods, M.O., and Knudsen, K.L. 24. QLARM—A New Tool for Estimation of Losses Due to Earthquakes Worldwide. Trendafiloski, G., Rosset, P., 41. Towards the Compilation of a Liquefaction Susceptibility Wyss, M., Bonjour, C., Wiemer, S., and Hurter, S. Map of Greece. Papathanasiou, G., Pavlides, Sp., Valkaniotis, S., Chatzipetros, Al. 25. Incorporate ShakeMap and User-Defined Metrics for Lifeline Post-Earthquake Damage Assessment Using ShakeCast. Lin, K., Wald, D.J., and Turner, L.L. New Views of the Earth’s Interior from Array Analysis (see page 316) 26. Systematic Integration of Macroseismic and Strong- Motion Data in ShakeMap for Real-Time and Loss- 50. Experience with Regional Gradiometric Arrays. Modeling Applications. Worden, C. B., Wald, D. J., Lin, Langston, C.A., and Horton, S. P. K., and Cua, G. 51. Computing Green’s Functions from Ambient Noise 27. A Review of Instrumental and Macroseismic Ground- Recorded by Narrow-Band Seismometers, Accelerometers, Motion Prediction Techniques for Use in Global and Analog Seismometers. Von Seggern, D.H., Tibuleac, ShakeMap. Allen, T.I., and Wald, D.J. I.M., and Louie, J.N. 28. Ground-Motion Model Selection Based on Response 52. Identifying Far-Regional P-Coda Arrivals Using Phase- Spectra and Macroseismic Intensities: A Case Study Using Weighted Stacking at Regional Arrays. Ferris, A., and Californian Data. Delavaud, E., Scherbaum, F., and Reiter, D.T. Riggelsen, C. 29. Test of the Applicability of NGA Models to the Strong Wave Propagation (see page 317) Ground-Motion Data in the Iranian Plateau. Shoja- 53. Variations and Sources of Crustal Anisotropy in Southwest Taheri, J., Naserieh, S., Ghofrani, H., and Gholipoor, Y. British Columbia. Balfour, N.J., Cassidy, J., andDosso, S. 30. Extending and Testing GK-07 Ground Motion 54. A 3D Hybrid Fd-Fe Method for Viscoelastic Modeling Attenuation Model Based on Atlas Global Database. of Seismic Wave Propagation and Earthquake Motion. Graizer, V., Kalkan, E., and Lin, K. Moczo, P., Galis, M., Kristek, J., and Balazovjech, M. 31. Peak Exceedance Spectra or “n-Spectra.” Graf, W.P., and 55. An Evaluation of Eastern North America Ground Motion Lee, J. Scaling Relations Using Data from Southeastern Canada Earthquakes. Herrmann, R. B. Earthquake-induced Ground Failure and Site Response: 56. The Multi-Axial Perfectly Matched Layer for Isotropic Theory to Observations(see page 315) Elastic Media with Damping Coefficients of Any Positive 35. Basin Surface Waves and Ground-Motion Amplification Value: Stability and Applications. Meza-Fajardo, K.C., in the San Leandro and Livermore Basins, California: and Papageorgiou, A.S. Implications for Seismic Hazard. Frankel, A.D. and 57. Implementation of a Surface Wave Back-Propagation Carver, D.L. Method for near Real-Time Determination of Earthquake 36. Seismic Response and Wavefield Characterization Using Locations and Magnitudes. Polet, J., Thio, H.K., and a Very Dense 2D Seismic Array on an Active Landslide Earle, P.S. (Cavola, Italy). Bordoni, P., Cara, F., Di Giulio, G., 58. Using Fréchet Kernels to Investigate 3D Wave Excitation Haines, A.J., Milana, G., Rovelli, A. and Propagation in Southern California. Allam, A.A., Jordan, T.H., and Chen, P.

Seismological Research Letters Volume 80, Number 2 March/April 2009 277 Wednesday, 8 April—Afternoon Poster Sessions Earthquake Source Mechanics (see page 321) 32. Moment Tensor Solutions of Recent Earthquakes in Deterministic Simulated Ground Motion Records Under the Messina Straits Area, Southern Italy. D’Amico, S., ASCE/SEI 7-05: Guidance for the Geotechnical Industry Orecchio, B., Presti, D., Zhu, L., Herrmann, R.B., and (see page 318) Neri, G. 7. Smooth Synthesizing of Ground Motion from Real 33. Dynamic Rupture Stress Glut Method Using Finite Record. Shahbazian, A., and Pezeshk, S. Elements: Planar and Curved Faults. Ramirez-Guzman, L., and Bielak, J. 8. Site Specific Investigation for Three Large Landslides in Santa Barbara County, California. Bykovtsev, A.S., 34. Transitions to Chaos in Dieterich Ruina Friction. Beard, R.M., Tranby, T., and Gurrola, L.D. Erickson, B.A., Lavallee, D., Birnir, B., and Madariaga, R. 9. Site Specific Investigation for National Bank of Uzbekistan with Time History Analyses of Simulated Global Seismotectonics (see page 321) Ground Motion. Bykovtsev, A.S., Kasimov, M.M. 42. Segmentation of the Vienna Basin Fault System. 10. Quantifying Heterogeneity of Active Fault Zones using Beidinger, A., Decker, K., Salcher, B., Hinsch, R., and Fault Trace Data. Wechsler, N. and Ben-Zion, Y. Monika, H. 11. Characterization of Pulverized Granite from a Traverse 43. Historic Seismographic Data at the U.S. Geological and a Shallow Drill along the San Andreas Fault, Little Survey, Colorado. Dewey, J.W., McCann, W.R., and Rock, CA. Wechsler, N., Allen, E. E., Rockwell, T. K., Morton, S.S. Chester, J., and Ben-Zion, Y. 44. Present-Day Motion of the Arabian Plate: Geodetic 12. Reliability Test of Kinematic Source Inversion Using Constraints on Continental Rifting along the Red Sea Spatial Coherence of Source Parameters. Song, S., Pitarka, and Gulf of Aden. Sholan, J., Arrajehi, A., Reilinger, R., A, and Somerville, P. McClusky, S., Mahmoud, S., Rayan, A., Ogubazghi, G., Bou-Rabee, F. 13. Effects of Realistic Topography on Seismic Wave Propagation: Large- and Small-Scale Topography Effects 45. Paleoseismologic and Structural Characterization of in Northern Taiwan. Lee, S.-J., Komatitsch, D., Chan, Shallow, Subsurface Folding above Segmented Blind- Y.C., Huang, B.S., and Tromp, J. Thrust Systems: Results from the Puente Hills Thrust and Compton Fault, Los Angeles, California. Leon, L.A., 14. Identifying Surface Rupture Hazard at Caltrans Bridges. Dolan, J.F., Shaw, J.H., and Pratt, T.L. Merriam, M. 46. Broadband Seismic Study of Western Iberia and Offshore 15. Three-Dimensional Modeling of Earthquake Ground Atlantic. Custodio, S. and Fonseca, J.F.B.D. Motion Including Nonlinear Wave Propagation in Soils. Taborda, R., and Bielak, J. 47. Identification and Frequency of Holocene Earthquakes from the Laminated Sedimentary Record of Effingham 16. The SCEC-USGS Rupture Dynamics Code Comparison Inlet, Pacific Coast, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Exercise. Harris, R.A., Barall, M., Archuleta, R., Aagaard, Dallimore, A., Enkin, R.J., Baker, J., Rogers, G.C. B., Ampuero, J., Andrews, D.J., Cruz-Atienza, V., Dalguer, L., Day, S., Duan, B., Dunham, E., Ely, G., Kaneko, Y., 48. Active Crustal-Scale Pure Shear Foreland Deformation Kase, Y., Lapusta, N., Liu, Y., Ma, S., Oglesby, D., Olsen, of Western Argentina. Meigs, A.J., Schiffman, C.R., K., Pitarka, A., Song, S., and Templeton, E. Nabelek, J. 17. Dynamic Rupture Simulations of a Non-Vertical Fault in 49. Surface and Modeled Earthquake Slip: Is There a a Heterogeneous Medium Using Finite Element Method. Relationship? Case Studies from the Broader Aegean Liu, Q., and Archuleta, R.J. Region (SE Europe). Chatzipetros, A., Pavlides, S., and Papathanasiou, G. 18. A Finite Fault Study of the 29 July 2008 Mw5.4 Chino Hills Earthquake. Shao, G., Ji, C., and Hauksson, E.

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Time DeAnza Ballroom 1 DeAnza Ballroom 2 DeAnza Ballroom 3 Bonsai Room Central California Coast Statistics of Earthquakes Deterministic Simulated Seismological Field Work: Earthquake Hazards Session Chairs: Donald Ground Motion Records The Good, Bad, and Ugly Session Chairs: Stu Turcotte and John Rundle Under ASCE/SEI Session Chairs: Jessie Nishenko and Jeanne (see page 325) 7-05: Guidance for the Bonner and Noel Barstow Hardebeck (see page 323) Geotechnical Industry (see page 331) Session Chairs: Alexander Bykovtsev and Vladimir Graizer (see page 327) 8:30 Invited: Quaternary The Magnitude-Frequency Invited: Simulated Invited: The High Lava Tectonic Setting of South- Distribution on the Deformations of Seattle Plains Seismic Experiment: Central Coastal California. Southern San Andreas High-Rise Buildings from Lessons from a Major Lettis, W.R., and Unruh, Fault: Reconciling a Hypothetical Giant Broadband Deployment. J.R., Hanson, K.L. Instrumental, Historic, and Cascadian Earthquake. James, D.E., and Fouch, Paleoseismic Catalogs. Page, Heaton, T., and Yang, J. M.J. M.T., Felzer, K.R., Weldon, R.J., and Biasi, G. 8:45 From Monterey to The Role of Asperities in Invited: Broadband Invited: Deployment Maricopa: A Seamless Decoupling Fault Segments: Strong Ground Motion of Large 2-D Arrays in Digital Geologic Map A Virtual California Simulation Procedure Using Continental Plateaus: Database for the Central Simulation of Cyclic a Composite Source Model. Stories from the Tibetan California Coast. Earthquakes. Yikilmaz, Zeng, Y. and Andean Plateaus. Rosenberg, L.I., and M.B., Turcotte, D.L, Sandvol, E., Kay, S.M., Graymer, R.W. Yakovlev, G., Rundle, J.B., Chen, J., Ni, J., Heit, B., Kellogg, L.H., and Holliday, Yuan, X., and Hearn, T. J.R. 9:00 Constraints on Comparing 3D Invited: Identifying and Invited: How to (Mostly) 3-Dimensional Structure Heterogeneous Stress/Rate- Predicting Near-Source Avoid the Bad. Shore, P.J. of the Central California State Friction Models of Ground Motion Phenomena Coast Ranges from Gravity Aftershock Sequences with Using Numerical and Magnetic Data. Major Events. Smith, D.E., Earthquake Physics Models. Langenheim, V.E., Jachens, and Dieterich, J.H. Dalguer, L.A., Day, S.M., R.C., Graymer, R.W., and Mai, M. Wentworth, C.M. 9:15 Geophysical A Test of Earthquake Invited: Site Response Invited: If Seismograms Characterization of the Forecasting with Numerical during Earthquakes. Could Talk: The True Story Hosgri Fault Zone, Central Earthquake Simulators: Do Trifunac, M.D. behind How That Wiggle California. Watt, J.T., Similar Pasts in Simulation Came to Be. Alvarez, Johnson, S.Y., Hardebeck, Data Imply Similar Futures? M.G.,Fowler, J., and J.L., Scheirer, D.S., Fisher, Rundle, J.B., Van Aalsburg, Beaudoin, B. M.A., Sliter, R.W., Hart, J., Holliday, J.R. Turcotte, P.E. D.L., Donnellan, A., Grant- Ludwig, L., and Tiampo, K.F. 9:30 High Resolution, Seismic- The Comparison of B-Values Invited: Rupture Process Invited: The Challenges of Reflection Survey Offshore Using Computer Intensive and Initiation of Rupture Land-Based Active-Source Central California Will Tests. Amorese, D., of the Mw 7.8 Tocopilla Seismic Field Work. Fuis, Help Refine Regional Rydelek, P. A., and Grasso Earthquake of 14 November G.S., Catchings, R.D., and Seismic Hazard Assessment. J.-R. 14, 2007 and Several of Its Rymer, M.J. Johnson, S.Y., Hart, P. E., Major Aftershocks. Peyrat, Watt, J.T., and Sliter, R.W. S., Madariaga, R., Ruiz, S., and Campos, J.

Seismological Research Letters Volume 80, Number 2 March/April 2009 279 Time DeAnza Ballroom 1 DeAnza Ballroom 2 DeAnza Ballroom 3 Bonsai Room 9:45 Seismotectonics and Fault Southern Red Sea Gulf of Invited: Deterministic Invited: Large-Scale Structure of the California Aden Recent Seismicity Files Simulated Ground Motion Controlled-Source Seismic Central Coast. Hardebeck, Observed by Local Network Records under ASCE/ Experiments: Some J. L. with Concentration on Jabal SEI 7-05: Guidance for Reflections and Refractions. Al Tair Volcanic Eruption. the Geotechnical Industry. Keller, G. R. Sholan, J.M. Bykovtsev, A.S. 10:00 Break Central California Coast Statistics of Earthquakes Deterministic Simulated Seismological Field Work: Earthquake Hazards (con- (continued) Ground Motion Records The Good, Bad, and Ugly tinued) Session Chairs: John Rundle Under ASCE/SEI (continued) Session Chairs: Jeanne and Donald Turcotte 7-05: Guidance for the Session Chairs: Jessie Hardebeck and Stu Geotechnical Industry Bonner and Noel Barstow Nishenko (continued) Session Chairs: Alexander Bykovtsev and Vladimir Graizer 10:30 Construction of a Three- Record-Breaking Invited: Ground Motion A PASSCAL Instrument Dimensional Geologic, Earthquakes, Forward Modeling Using WPP. Center Perspective on Tectonic, Kinematic and Backward. Turcotte, Petersson, N. A., and Time Management for Crustal Model of Coastal Donald L., and Van Rodgers, A. Seismological Fieldwork. Central California. Jachens, Aalsburg, Jordan D., and Miller, P.E., Thomas, D.E., R.C., Simpson, R.W., Rundle, John B., and Greschke, R.W., Ingate, S., Graymer,R.W., Langenheim, Newman, William I. Fort, M.D. V.E., Wentworth, C.M., Stanley, R.G., and Colgan, J.P. 10:45 INSAR Deformation Statistics and Correlations Invited: A Hybrid Invited: Scaling a Patterns for the of Seismic and Tectonic Approach to Broadband Monster: Perspectives 22-December-2003 Moment Moment Rate in California Ground Motion in Planning Very Large Magnitude (Mw) 6.5 San and the Great Basin. Simulations. Graves, R.W., Arrays from EarthScope’s Simeon Earthquake, Central Kreemer, C., Torres, R., and Pitarka, A. Transportable Array. Busby, California. Bawden, G.W., Zaliapin, I., Pancha, A., and R.W., Hafner,K., and Wicks, C., McLaren, M.K., Anderson, J.G. Woodward, B. Hardebeck, J.L. 11:00 Complex Rupture dur- A New Probability-Based Invited: Dynamic Invited: Ocean Bottom ing and after the 2003 Monitoring System for Modeling of a Hypothetical Seismology: Field Work San Simeon Earthquake Induced Seismicity: Insights Mw 7.0 Earthquake on the for the Foolish or the Determined from Multiple from the 2006–2007 Basel Sierra Madre Fault System Adventurous? Collins, J. A. SAR Interferograms. Earthquake Sequence. and Resultant Strong Johanson, I. A., and Bachmann, C.E., Wiemer, Ground Motions in Greater Bürgmann, R. S., and Woessner, J. Los Angeles. Ma, S. and Beroza, G.C. 11:15 Probabilistic Tsunami Systematic Variations Invited: Important Invited: Extreme Inundation Maps for of Non-Zero C-Value. Features of Ground Motion Seismology: How to Record California. Thio, H.K., Shebalin, P., Narteau, Simulations: A Case Study Continuously through the Somerville, P., and Polet, J. C., Holschneider, M., and Using Scenario Earthquake Cold, Dark Austral Winter Schorlemmer, D. Ruptures of the Hayward on the Antarctic Plateau. Fault. Aagaard, B., and Beaudoin, B.C., Parker, T., Graves, R. Bonnett, B., and Tytgat, G.

280 Seismological Research Letters Volume 80, Number 2 March/April 2009 Time DeAnza Ballroom 1 DeAnza Ballroom 2 DeAnza Ballroom 3 Bonsai Room 11:30 Central California The bAss Model. Van Invited: Factors Invited: Field Experiments Coast Tsunami Hazards. Aalsburg, J.D., Turcotte, Controlling Long-Period as Teaching Experiences Nishenko, S.P., D.L., Rundle, J.B., and Deterministic Ground in Graduate and Abrahamson, N., Hanson, Newman, W.I. Motion Synthetics. Olsen, Undergraduate Education. K., Thio, H.K., Greene, K.B. Stump, B. H.G. 11:45 Site-Specific Seismic Hazard QuakeML: Recent Invited: Estimation of the Lesson Re-Learned: Be Analyses for the Monterey Developments and First Breakdown Slip Directly Aware of Potential Problems Peninsula. Knudsen, K.L., Applications of the from Near-Fault Strong in Field Data. Barstow, N., Terra, F., and Wong, I.G. Community-Created Motion Seismograms? Lees, J., Fowler, J. Seismological Data Insights from Numerical Exchange Standard. Experiments. Cruz- Euchner, F., Schorlemmer, Atienza, V. M., Olsen, K. D., Kästli, P., and the B., Dalguer, L. A. QuakeML Working Group. 12:00 Lunch Advances in Science, Earthquake Source Deterministic Simulated Volcano Monitoring Engineering, Public Scaling: Advances, Ground Motion Records Using Seismology and Policy, and Hazard Applications, and Under ASCE/SEI Complementary Methods Mitigation as a Result Outstanding Issues 7-05: Guidance for the Session Chairs: Seth Moran of the 1989 Loma Prieta Session Chairs: William Geotechnical Industry and Charlotte Rowe (see Earthquake Walter, Luca Malagnini, and (continued) page 339) Session Chairs: Ivan Wong, Kevin Mayeda (see page 335) Session Chairs: Alexander Chris Poland, and Tom Bykovtsev and Vladimir Holzer (see page 333) Graizer 1:30 Invited: The National How Much of the Invited: Verification of Invited: Seismicity and and Scientific Legacies Variability in Earthquake Methodology for Predicting Fluid Geochemistry at of the 1989 Loma Prieta Scaling Comes from the Strong Ground Motion Lassen Volcanic National Earthquake. Holzer, T.L., Variability in Methods? Based on Characterized Park, California: Evidence and Wesson, R.L. Abercrombie, R. E., Gök, Source Model—Learning for Two Circulation Cells in R., and Walter, W. R. from Recent Disastrous the Hydrothermal System. Earthquakes in Japan. McLaren, M.K., and Janik, Kojiro, I., Katsuhiro, K., C.J. Ken, M., and Susumu, K. 1:45 Invited: The National Quantifying Various Effects Invited: Rock Mechanical Invited: Alaskan Volcano and Scientific Legacies on Uncertainties in Source and Slope Stability Analysis Seismicity and Structure of the 1989 Loma Prieta Parameter Estimates. Kane, of the BSL-3 Facility from Sparse Datasets. Earthquake. Holzer, D.L., Prieto, G.A., Vernon, Undergoing a Magnitude Thurber, C.H. T.L., and Wesson, R.L. F.L., and Shearer, P.M. 6.7 Earthquake on the (continued ) Pajarito Fault. Bradley, C. R., Pineda-Porras, O., Steedman, D. W., Lee, R. C., Roberts, P. M., Coblentz, D. D., and Lewis, C. L., and Houston, T. W. 2:00 Invited: Fire following Apparent Stress from Invited: Variations in The 2008 Halemaumau Earthquake: The 1989 Loma Coda-Derived Source Near-Source Ground Eruption at Kilauea Prieta Earthquake and Ratios: Regional Variations, Motions Due to Volcano, Hawai`i: A Subsequent Developments. Similarities, and Differences. Rupture Heterogeneity. Return to Jaggar’s Volcano Scawthorn, C. Mayeda, K., Malagnini, L. Rowshandel, B. Laboratory. Okubo, P.G., Poland, M.P., and Sutton, A.J.

Seismological Research Letters Volume 80, Number 2 March/April 2009 281 Time DeAnza Ballroom 1 DeAnza Ballroom 2 DeAnza Ballroom 3 Bonsai Room 2:15 Invited: Fire following Computing Dynamic Toward Quantification Source Properties and Earthquake Loss Estimation Friction on Faults: Self- of Rupture-Model Deformation Analysis of Using Simulation Similarity as an Indication Variability—Moment the 2008-2009 Yellowstone Techniques. Singhal, A., of Fault Maturity? Rate Function as Another Lake Earthquake Swarm. Mortgat, C.P., Mohindra, Malagnini, L., Nielsen, S., Metric for Source Model Farrell, J.F., Smith, R.B., R., Vyas, V., Bhattacharyya, and Mayeda, K. Comparison. Mak, S., Mai, Taira, T., Puskas, C.M., S., Vojjala, R., Malakan, A. P. M., Schorlemmer, D., Burlacu, R., Pechmann, Koketsu, K. J., Heasler, H., and Lowenstern, J. 2:30 Invited: Engineering and Finite-Source Models Ground Motion Prediction PBO Integrated Observing Local Policy Legacies of the and Scaling of Parkfield Models for Rock Sites in Sites at the Yellowstone Loma Prieta Earthquake. Seismicity. Dreger, D.S., Australia. Somerville, Caldera and Mt St Helens. Poland, C.D. Nadeau, R.M., Chung, A. P.G., Graves, R.W., Collins, Mencin, D., Jackson, M., N., Song. S.G., Ni, S., and Johnson, W., Gottlieb, M., Cummins, P.R. and Vanboskirk, L. 2:45 Invited: San Francisco’s Self-Similarity of Effective Earthquake Community Action Plan Earthquake Rupture Source Characterization, for Seismic Safety (CAPSS). Growth in Parkfield Area. Modeling, and Ground Kornfield, L., and Walker, Uchide, T., and Ide, S. Motion Simulation with D. Geostatistics. Song, S., Pitarka, A. Somerville, P. 3:00 Break Advances in Science, Earthquake Source Maximum Earthquake Volcano Monitoring Engineering, Public Scaling: Advances, Magnitudes for Seismic Using Seismology and Policy, and Hazard Applications, and Hazard Analyses Complementary Methods Mitigation as a Result Outstanding Issues (con- Session Chair: John E. Ebel (continued) of the 1989 Loma Prieta tinued) and Mark Petersen (see page Session Chairs: Seth Moran Earthquake (continued) Session Chairs: William 343) and Charlotte Rowe Session Chairs: Ivan Wong, Walter, Luca Malagnini, and Chris Poland, and Tom Kevin Mayeda Holzer 3:30 Invited: Advances in What Is the Stress Drop The Influence of Maximum Self-Scanning Event Preparing Utilities and of Mid-Size Apennines Magnitude on Seismic Detection in Volcanic Transportation Systems Earthquakes? Calderoni, G., Hazard Estimates in the Swarms. Resor, M.E., for Earthquakes—20 Years Rovelli, A., Milana, G., and Central and Eastern United Carr, D.B., Procopio, M. J., of Lifelines-Led Progress. Valensise, G. States. Mueller, C.S. Young, C.J., and Rowe, C. Savage, W. U., Honegger, D. G., Nishenko, S. P. 3:45 Invited: Incorporating Rupture Variations Maximum Magnitudes Invited: Real Time Research Data, Models, for Central American for PSHA in Central and Earthquake Processing at and Methodologies in Earthquakes. Bilek, S.L., Eastern North America: Volcanoes: What Is and Isn’t Corporate Earthquake Risk and Stankova-Pursley, J. Are we being realistic in our Feasible. West, M.E. Managment Programs. K.S. estimates of uncertainty? Ferre. Ake, J.P. 4:00 Invited: Lessons Learned Fault Zone Dilatational Contributions of A Physical Model for from the Ground Motions Process Observed in Taiwan Paleoseismology to Volcanic Tremor and of the 1989 Loma Prieta Chelungpu-Fault Borehole Estimates of Maximum Its Application to Study Earthquake. Abrahamson, Seismometers. Ma, K.-F., Earthquake Magnitude. Volcano Seismicity at N. A. Lin, Y.-Y., Lee, S.-J., and Tuttle, M.P., and Atkinson, Stromboli (Italy). Agrusta, Tanaka, H. G.M. R., Battaglia, M., Sgroi, T., Favale, P.

282 Seismological Research Letters Volume 80, Number 2 March/April 2009 Time DeAnza Ballroom 1 DeAnza Ballroom 2 DeAnza Ballroom 3 Bonsai Room 4:15 Invited: Re-Examination Guidance from Laboratory Maximum Magnitudes of A Mechanism for Energetic, of the Monterey Bay Experiments Concerning Charleston, South Carolina Prolonged Tremor Tsunami Triggered by Earthquake Source Earthquakes from in Heralding the 2004–2008 the 1989 Loma Prieta Processes. McGarr, A., Situ Geotechnical Data. Dome Extrusion at Mount Earthquake. Geist, E.L., Fletcher, J. B., Boatwright, Talwani, P., Gassman, S.L. St. Helens, Washington. Lynett, P.J., and Xu, J. J., Beeler, N. and Hasek, M.J. Denlinger, R.P., Moran, S.C., and Leveque, R.J. 4:30 Invited: A Post-Loma Scaling and Statistics of Maximum Credible Multichannel Reflection Prieta Progress Report on Moment Rate Functions of Earthquake (MCE) Imaging of Deep Magma Earthquake Triggering Slow Earthquakes. Ide, S. Assessments for Fault with Unconventional by a Continuum of Segments of the Vienna Sources. Brown, L.D., and Deformations. Gomberg, J. Basin Fault System, Austria. Byerly, K. M. Decker, K., Beidinger, A., Salcher, B., and Hinsch, R. 4:45 Invited: Recurrence Mw-Ml Scaling Relations Estimation of Magnitudes Implications of the 1989 for Earthquake Sequences in and Locations of Historical Loma Prieta Earthquake. Switzerland. Bethmann, F., Earthquakes in Ecuador. Jackson, D.D. Deichmann, N., Allmann, Beauval, C., Yepes, H., B., Giardini, D., and Mai, Bakun, W., Egred, J., and P. M. Alvarado, A. 5:15 Joyner Lecture: Earthquakes, Seismic Hazard, and Performance-Based Design, McGuire, R.K.

Thursday, 9 April—Morning Poster Sessions 8. Apparent Stress Variations in Japan and Correlation to Average Rupture Velocity. Mayeda, K., and Malagnini, L. Earthquake Source Scaling: Advances, Applications, and 9. Regional Seismic Amplitude Tomography and Earthquake Outstanding Issues (see page 341) Scaling in the Middle East. Walter, W.R., Pasyanos, M.E., Matzel, E., and Rodgers, A.J. 1. Estimation of Scaled Seismic Energy by Empirical Green’s Function Analysis. Baltay, A.S., Prieto, G.A., Beroza, 10. Source Spectral Parameters of Aftershocks of the Great G.C. 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake. Phillips, W.S., and Stead, R.J. 2. Earthquake Scaling and Lateral Variations of Stress Drop in Switzerland. Allmann, B.P., Deichmann, N., 11. Source Scaling Relationship for M4.6–M8.9 Earthquakes: Bethmann, F., Mai, P.M., and Giardini, D. Specifically for Earthquakes in the Collision Zone. Yen, Y.T., and Ma, K.F. 3. Observation and Scaling of Microevents from TCDP Borehole Seismometers. Lin, Y.Y., Ma, K.F., Oye, V., Tanaka, H. Maximum Earthquake Magnitudes for Seismic Hazard Analyses (see page 343) 4. Dependency of Near-Field Ground Motions on the Structural Maturity of the Ruptured Faults. Radiguet, M., 18. Determination of the Maximum Earthquake Magnitude Cotton, F., Manighetti, I., Campillo, M., and Douglas, J. for Seismic Hazard Assessment in the Central and Eastern United States. Wang, Z. 5. Earthquake Source Quantities Derived from Spectra of P and S Waves Generated by Aftershocks around the 19. On the Magnitude of the 1663 Charlevoix, Quebec Karadere-Düzce Branch of the North Anatolian Fault. Earthquake. Ebel, J.E. Yang, W., Peng Z., and Ben-Zion, Y. 20. Mmax and Lithospheric Structure in Central and Eastern 6. Earthquake Source Parameters in the Northeastern North America. Mooney, W.D., and Ritsema, J. United States. Viegas, G., Abercrombie, R.E., Mayeda, 21. M estimated from palaeoseismic fault scarps in SW K., and Kim, W. max Australia. Leonard, M., and Clark, D. 7. Earthquake Stress Drops and Inferred Fault Strength on the Hayward Fault, East San Francisco Bay, California. Hardebeck, J. L., and Aron, A.

Seismological Research Letters Volume 80, Number 2 March/April 2009 283 New Developments in Seismic and Acoustic Monitoring 43. Evaluation of Regional Travel-Time and Location of Earthquakes and Explosions Improvement along the Tethyan Margin Using a New Session Chair: Shane Detweiler (see page 344) Three-Dimensional Velocity Model. Flanagan, M. P., Van der Lee, S., Chang, S. J., Myers, S. C., Matzel, E. M., 27. On the Sensitivity of a High-Frequency Acoustic Emission and Pasyanos, M. E. Network. Plenkers, K., and Kwiatek, G. 44. Influence of Anisotropy on the Determination of 28. The International Seismological Centre (ISC): Providing Accuracy of Microseismic Event Locations. Chesnokov, Datasets for Monitoring Research. Storchak, D.A., E., Ammerman M., and Krasnova, M.A. Bondár, I.K., Harris, J., Gaspà, O., Benjumea, J.M., and Vera, B.E. 45. Challenges in Applying 3-Channel Coherence. Merchant, B.J., Hart, D.M., and Chael, E.P. 29. Seismic Capabilities of an International Caribbean Tsunami Warning System. McNamara, D.E., Von 46. An Algorithm for Detecting Clipped Waveforms and Hillebrandt-Andrade, C., Earle, P., Buland, R.P. Suggested Correction Procedures. Yang, W., and Ben- Zion Y. 30. Continuous Seismic Scanning in the Region of the Mendocino Triple Junction, California. Guilhem, A., 47. Evaluation of Empirical Mode Decomposition and and Dreger, D.S. Chirplet Transform for Regional Seismic Phase Detection and Identification. Meyer, F.G., Taylor, K.M., Kaslovsky, 31. The Seismo-Acoustic Wavefield from the Wells, Nevada, D., Procopio M.J., and Young C.J. Earthquake Sequence: What Are the Causes of Infrasonic Signals? Burlacu, R., and Arrowsmith, S.J. 48. Use of the Cepstral Stacking Method (CSM) to Confirm Conventional Hypocentral Depths and to Determine 32. Seismo-Acoustic Analysis for Identification of Infrasound Accurate Depths for Smaller Earthquakes Observed at Signal Sources on the IMS Network. Nava, S., Read, R., Only a Few Regional Stations in the Western Washington and Brachet, N. Area. Cakir, R., Alexander, S.S., Dragovich, J.D., and 33. Source Mechanisms of Explosions Using Near-Source Data Walsh, T.J. from New England Damage Experiment. Stroujkova, A., 49. Evaluation of DAC as Test Site for Broadband Bonner, J., and Boyd, P. Seismometers. Hart, D.M., Abbott, R.E., Kromer, R.P., 34. A Review of the Haskell Explosion Source Theory with White, R.L., and Emmitt, R.F. New Applications to Small Explosions. Harkrider, D., 50. Seismic Detection of CO2 Leakage along Monitoring and Bonner, J. L. Wellbores. Bohnhoff, M., Zoback, M.D., Chiaramonte, 35. Non-Double-Couple Earthquakes in the Middle East: L., Gerst, J., and Gupka, N. Real or Artifacts? Templeton, D.C., and Rodgers, A.J. 51. Estimating the Information Carrying Capacity of Seismic 36. Lg Attenuation in Northeast China Abutting the Korean Waves. Harris, D.B. Peninsula. Chun, K.-Y., Henderson, G. A., and Wu Y. 37. Lg Attenuation in Western Turkey and the Surrounding Volcano Monitoring Using Seismology and Regions. Sahin, S., Xueyang, B., Turkelli, N., Sandvol, E., Complementary Methods (see page 348) Teoman, U., Kahraman, M. 72. Unsupervised Clustering of Seismic Signals. 38. Improving Ms(VMAX) Estimates in the Middle East Giudicepietro, F., Esposito, A. M., Martini, M., and Using Rayleigh and Love Waves. Stroujkova, A., and D’Auria, L., Cerra, D., and Dactu, M. Bonner, J. 73. Using Wavelet Transforms for Automatic Classification of 39. Attenuation of High Frequency P and S Waves in Khorasan Seismic Events Recorded by Sparse Networks: Application Province Iniran. Shoja-Taheri, J., and Farrokhi, M. to Mount St. Helens, Washington. Jones, A.C., and Moran, S. 40. Regional Seismic Attenuation Tomography in Northern Middle East and Northern and Central Tibet Plateau. 74. Multiparametric Monitoring System of Stromboli Volcano Bao, X., Sandvol, E.A., Sahin, S., Gasanov, A.H., (Italy). Martini, M., De Cesare, W., Orazi, M., Peluso, R., Yetirmishli, G., and Chen, J. Scarpato G., Caputo, A., D’auria, L., Giudicepietro, F., Esposito, A. M., Caputo, T., Capello, M., Buonocunto, C., 41. Shear Wave Velocity Structure beneath Northern Tibet. Scarpa, R., Sacks, I. S., Linde, A. T. Ceylan, S., Chen, J., Ni, J., and Sandvol, E. 75. Partial Green’s Functions from Autocorrelations of 42. Three Dimensional S-Wave Velocity Structure of the Strombolian Eruption Coda on Mt Erebus Volcano, Caucasus Region. Skobeltsyn, G.A., Mellors, R., Turkelli, Antarctica. Chaput, J. A., Knox, H. A., Aster, R. C., and N., Yetirmishli, G., and Sandvol, E. Kyle, P. R.

284 Seismological Research Letters Volume 80, Number 2 March/April 2009 76. Anomalous Character of the Coda Envelopes on Mt. 23. Before Things Go BOOM: Planning Explosion Vesuvius: Coda Localization? Tramelli, A., Del Pezzo, E., Experiments. Bonner, J.L., Leidig, M.R. Galluzzo, D., and Fehler, M.C. 24. Subduction Zone Seismic Experiment in Peru: Results 77. Moment Tensors for Very Long Period Events at Etna from a Wireless Seismic Network. Stubailo, I., Guy, R., Volcano, Italy. Hellweg, M., Cannata, A., Gresta, S., Lukac, M., Husker, A., Foote, E., Davis, P., Skinner, S., Ford, S., Di Grazia, G. Phillips, K., Clayton, R., Aguilar, V., Tavera, H., Audin, L. 78. Deep, Long-Period Earthquakes in and around Craters of 25. REF TEK Broadband Seismometer: Advanced Features the Moon National Monument, Idaho. Carpenter, N.S., and Test Results. Passmore, P., Zimakov, L., and Raczka, J. and Payne, S.J. 26. New Approaches to Fieldworthiness. Rademacher, H., 79. Time-Varying Lags Between Short-Period and Very Long and Guralp, C. Period Strombolian Eruption Seismic Signals at Erebus Volcano, Antarctica. Knox, H. A., Chaput, J. A., Aster, Site Effects: Vs30 and Beyond? (see page 353) R.C., Kyle, P.R. 52. Soil-Site and Long-Period Hazard Deaggregation. 80. Can Directional Resonances Be Used to Map Intensely Harmsen, S.C. Deformed Fault Zones of Mt. Etna Volcano ? Cara, F., Di Giulio, G., Giammanco, S., Lombardo, G., Milana, G., 53. Near Surface Geophysical Methods for Microzonation Neri, M., Rigano, R., Rovelli, A., Voltattorni, N. Studies in the City of Ottawa, Canada. Motazedian, D., Hunter, J.A., Pugin, A., Khaheshi Banab, K., and Crow, 81. Cyclic Surface Deformation from GPS Geodesy at H. Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, Wi Between 1995– 2007: Constraints on Magmatic Fluxes and the Plumbing 54. Estimating Rayleigh Wave Particle Motion from Three- System of an Erupting Arc Volcano. Mattioli, G.S., Component Array Analysis of Ambient Vibrations and Its Elsworth, D.E., Taron, J., Voight, B., and Herd, R. Application to Seismic Local Response Analysis. Poggi, V., Faeh, D. Thursday, 9 April—Afternoon Poster Sessions 55. Amplification and Attenuation of Ground Motions Using the Ambient Seismic Field. Prieto, G.A., Lawrence, J.F., Central California Coast Earthquake Hazards (see page 350) and Beroza, G.C. 12. GPS Measurement of Crustal Deformation in the Central 56. The Effect of Velocity Inversions on H/V. Castellaro, S., California Coast Region. Murray-Moraleda, J., Svarc, J., and Mulargia, F. Bawden, G.W., Nishenko, S. 57. Seismic Hazard Mapping of California Incorporating 13. Pre-Stack Depth-Migrated Reflection Images of the Statewide Vs30 Map. Kalkan, E., Wills, C.J., and Branum Central California Coast Ranges: Profile SJ-6.Catchings, D. R.D., Fuis, G.S., Goldman, M.R., and Rymer, M.J. 58. Robustness of Vs30 Determined Using the Remi 14. Structure and Behavior of the San Gregorio Fault Offshore Technique. Pancha, A., Pullammanappallil, S., of Half Moon Bay, California. Ross, S.L., Conrad, 59. Variability Analysis of Shallow Shear Wave Velocity J.E., Ryan, H.F., Chin, J.L., Dartnell, P., Edwards, B.D., Profiles Obtained from Dispersion Curve Inversion con- Phillips, E.L., Sliter, R.W., and Wong, F.L. sidering Multiple Model Parametrizations. Savvaidis, 15. Finding Fault Facts—The Monterey Bay Area Quaternary A.L., Ohrnberger, M., Wathelet, M., Cornou, C., Bard, Fault Database. Rosenberg, L.I. P.-Y., Theodulidis, N. 16. An Educational Video to Promote Tsunami Preparedness 60. Empirical and Numerical Evidence of Vs30 Limitations in California. Loeffler, K., Gesell, J., and Mooney, W. D. in Site Response Studies. Bonilla, L.F.; Gelis, C., and Regnier, J. 17. Seismicity Rate Changes along the Central California Coast Due to Stress Changes from the 2003 M6.5 61. Input Ground Motion Variability for Site Specific PSHA: San Simeon and 2004 M6.0 Parkfield Earthquakes. Results from KiK-net Data Analysis. Cotton, F., and Hardebeck, J. L., and Aron, A. Bonilla, F. 62. Investigation of Ground Acceleration during the 2004 Seismological Field Work: The Good, Bad, and Ugly(see M6.0 Parkfield, California, Earthquake Based on page 352) Isochrones. Custodio, S., Schmedes, J., and Archuleta, R.J. 22. Invited: How I Spent My Summer Vacations Doing Field Work, Baker, D.F.

Seismological Research Letters Volume 80, Number 2 March/April 2009 285 63. A New Site Classification Scheme for Italian 70. Modeling the Site Response Transfer Function at 13 KiK- Accelerometric Stations. Di Alessandro, C., Rovelli, A., net Sites Throughout Japan. Thompson, E.M., Baise, Milana, G., Marcucci, A., Bonilla, F., Boore, D.M. Kayen, R.E., and Guzina, B.B. 64. Site Response from Recordings of Small Earthquakes: 71. A Study of Site Responses in the San Francisco Bay Area Application to the Swiss Digital Seismic Network. Using Strong Ground Motion Records from the M5.4 Edwards, B., Fäh, D., and Stamm, G. Alum Rock Earthquake. Tsai, Y.B., Abrahamson, N.A., and McLaren, M.K. 65. Boundary Element Simulation of the Seismic Response of Sedimentary Basins with Vertical Constant-Gradient Velocity over Half-Space with Topography. Zengxi, G., Statistics of Earthquakes (see page 356) Xueqing, G., and Xiaofei, C. 82. Repeating Earthquakes in the Vrancea Area, Romania, 66. Assessing Attenuation of Seismic Waves in Sediments and Implications on Seismic Cycle Behavior. Radulian, Using Ambient Vibrations. Gueguen, P. M., Popa, M., Grecu, B., Borleanu, F., Neagoe, C., Zaharia, B. 67. Characterization of Italian Strong-Motion Recording Sites in the Perspective of a New Soil Classification. Luzi, 83. Specific Recurrence Process of Earthquakes at L., Bindi, D., Pacor, F., Mucciarelli, M., Gallipoli, M.R., Intermediate Depths in an Isolated Intracontinental Parolai, S., and Paolucci, R. Seismic Area, Vrancea (Romania). Popa, M., Radulian, M., Grecu, B., Rogozea, M. 68. Symplified Techniques for the Estimate of Seismic Site Amplification in Italy.Mucciarelli, M., and Gallipoli, M. 84. Development of a Simple Step-By-Step Method for R. Determining the Effectiveness of an Interactive Classroom Laboratory Demonstration. Glesener, G. B., Stamps, 69. Comparison of Dispersion Curves Derived from D.S., and Smalley, R. Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves and Array Analysis of Ambient Vibrations for 20 European Sites. Renalier, F., Endrun, B., Cornou, C., Ohrnberger, M., Wathelet, M., Bard, P.-Y., and NERIES JRA4 team

Friday, 10 April—Concurrent SSA Oral Sessions

Time DeAnza Ballroom 1 DeAnza Ballroom 2 DeAnza Ballroom 3 Bonsai Room Great Surface Ruptures Seismic Imaging: Recent Non-Volcanic Tremor Ground Motions/ Session Chairs: Tom Advancement and Future Dave Hill and Dave Shelley Earthquake Hazards Rockwell and David P. Directions (see page 362) Session Chairs: Joe Andrews Schwartz (see page 357) Session Chairs: Monica and Melanie Walling (see Maceira and Warren page 366) Caldwell (see page 360) 8:30 Invited: San Andreas Invited: Plume vs. Precise Hypocenter Update on the Center for Fault Slip in the Great 1857 Plate: Imaging Geological Distribution of Deep Low- Engineering Strong-Motion Earthquake from “B4” Interactions beneath North Frequency Earthquakes Data (CESMD). Haddadi, LiDAR High Resolution America. Allen, R.M., and and Its Relationship to H., Shakal, A., Stephens, Topographic Data. Xue, M. the Local Geometry of the C., Huang, M., Savage, W., Arrowsmith, J. R., and Subducting Plate in Nankai Leith, W., and Parrish, J. Zielke, O. Subduction Zone, Japan. Ohta, K., and Ide, S. 8:45 The July 23, 1905 Bulnay Invited: Finite-Frequency Tremor and Low Frequency PEER Probabilistic Seismic Fault, Mongolia Surface Seismic Tomography Earthquake Behavior at Hazard Analysis Software Rupture. Schwartz, D.P., for Regional Elastic and Three Subduction Zones. Validation. Thomas, P., Hecker, S., Ponti, D., Anelastic Structures. Zhao, Brown, J.R., Beroza, G.C., Wong, I., and Abrahamson, Stenner, H.D., Lund, W., L., Chen, P., Gaherty, J. B., Ide, S., Ohta, K., Kao, H., N. and Bayasgalan, A. and Chen, Q.-F. Schwartz, S.Y., and Shelly, D.R.

286 Seismological Research Letters Volume 80, Number 2 March/April 2009 Time DeAnza Ballroom 1 DeAnza Ballroom 2 DeAnza Ballroom 3 Bonsai Room 9:00 Invited: A Unified Source Invited: Developments in Surface Wave Potential for Non-Ergodic Probablistic Model for the 1906 San Regional Phase Amplitude Triggering Non-Volcanic Seismic Hazard Analysis. Francisco Earthquake. Tomography. Phillips, Tremor. Hill, David P. Walling, M.A., and Song, S., Beroza, G.C., and W.S., Mayeda, K.M., Abrahamson, N.A. Segall, P. Malagnini, L., and Rowe, C.A. 9:15 Invited: Fault Invited: Tera3d: Full-3D Evolution of Non-Volcanic New National Seismic Segmentation of the 1931 Waveform Tomography Tremor beneath the San Hazard Model for New Fuyun Surface Rupture, and Near-Real-Time Andreas Fault at Monarch Zealand. Stirling, Northwest China. Awata, Seismic Source Inversion in Peak, CA. Nadeau, R.M., M.W., Litchfield, N.J., Y., Fu, B., and Zhang, Z. Southern California. Chen, and Guilhem, A. Gerstenberger, M., P., Jordan, T.H., Callaghan, Langridge, R.M., Berryman, S., and Maechling, P. K.R., Van Dissen, R.J., Villamor, P.V., Nicol, A., McVerry, G.H., Wilson, K., Barnes, P., Lamarche, G., and Nodder, S. 9:30 Invited: Characteristic Invited: Automatic, Variations in Occurrence Impact of Time Dependent and Non-Characteristic Correlation-Based Picking of Seismic Tremor near Recurrence Modeling on Behavior on the North for Iterative Refining of Parkfield, California Seismic Risk Assessment: Anatolian Fault System, Tomographic Images. from 2001–2008 California Case Study. Turkey. H. Kondo, A., Satriano, C., Zollo, A., and Implications for Williams, C.R., Aslani, Kurcer, S. Ozalp, and O. Rowe, C.A. Deformation on the Deep H., Molas, G., Seneviratna, Emre. Extension of the San P., Rahnama, M., and Andreas Fault. Shelly, D.R. Windeler, D.S. 9:45 Invited: Age and Slip Invited: High-Resolution Systematic Search for Distribution of past Lithospheric Structure of Non-Volcanic Tremor Earthquakes along the Bogd the Caucasus-Caspian- in Southern California. Fault (Mongolia). Rizza, Eastern Turkey Region. Hillers, G., and Ampuero, M., Ritz, J.-F., Prentice, C., Gök, R., Pasyanos, M.E., J.-P. Schwartz, D., Braucher, Mellors, R., Sandvol, E., R., Vassallo, R., Marco, S., Teoman, U., Turkelli, N., Mahan, S., Ulzibaat, M., Godoladze, T., Yetirmishli, Todbileg, M., Michelot, G. J.-L., and Massault, M. 10:00 Break

Great Surface Ruptures Seismic Imaging: Recent Site Effects: Vs30 and Ground Motions/ (continued) Advancement and Future Beyond? Earthquake Hazards (con- Session Chairs: David P. Directions (continued) Alan Yong and Dominic tinued) Schwartz and Tom Rockwell Session Chairs: Youshun Assimaki (see page 363) Session Chairs: Hamid Sun and Igor Stubailo Haddadi and Tony Shakal 10:30 Invited: The Düzce Recovery of True- Invited: The Use Procedures for Developing Segment of the North Reflectivity from Seismic and Misuse of Vs30. the Design Spectra for the Anatolian Fault Zone Imaging with Finite Data Abrahamson, N.A. Vertical Ground Motion (Turkey): Understanding Aperture. Wu, R.-S. and Component. Yilmaz, Z., Its Seismogenic Behavior Cao, J. and Abrahamson, N.A. through Earthquake Geology and Tectonic Geomorphology. Pucci, S., Pantosti, D., and De Martini P.M.

Seismological Research Letters Volume 80, Number 2 March/April 2009 287 Time DeAnza Ballroom 1 DeAnza Ballroom 2 DeAnza Ballroom 3 Bonsai Room 10:45 Invited: The Slip Apparent Diffuse-Like Invited: Use of Vs30 Compaction Can Limit Distribution of the 2002 Feature of the Seismic Noise to Represent Effects of Peak Vertical Velocity at Denali Fault Earthquake, Wavefield. Mulargia, F., Local Site Conditions Yucca Mountain. Andrews, Alaska: Clues to Pulses of and Castellaro, S. on Earthquake Ground D. J., Lockner, D., and Moment Release, Long- Motions. Idriss, I.M. Morrow, C. Term Slip Rate, and Slip beneath the Seismogenic Layer. Haeussler, P.J., Schwartz, D.P., Dawson, T.E., Stenner, H.D., Crone, A.J., Personius, S.F., Burns, P.A., and Sherrod, B. 11:00 Coseimic Slip Model Diffuse Seismic Fields Invited: Vs30 Based Observations on Regional of the M7.9 Sichuan and Site Effects. Sanchez- Amplification Functions for Variability in Ground- Earthquake Derived from Sesma, F.J., Rodriguez, Large Scale Ground Motion Motion Amplitudes Joint Inversion of INSAR M., Suarez, M., Perton, M., Simulations. Graves, R. W. for Small-to-Moderate and GPS Data: Prevalence Luzon, F., and Rodriguez- Earthquakes in North of Shallow Slip and Slip Castellanos, A. America. Atkinson, G.M. Partitioning Between Parallel Fault Strands. Tong, X., Sandwell, D. T., and Fialko Y. 11:15 When Surface Observations Invited: Topographic Nonlinear Site Response The Effect of a Single and Seismological Modeling Effects on the Strong Models in “Rupture-to- Station Mis-Location on the Disagree: The June 2008 Ground Motion of Ms8.0 Rafters” Ground Motion Perceived Distribution of NW Peloponnese (Greece) Wenchuan Earthquake of Simulations and the Role Earthquake Locations and Earthquake. Chatzipetros, 12 May 2008. Chen, X.F., of Vs30. Assimaki, D., and Associated Stress Release in A., Papathanasiou, G., Zhang, W. and Shen, Y. Li, W. the Queen Charlotte Islands Valkaniotis, S., Pavlides, S.P. Region, British Columbia. Bird, A.L., and Baldwin, R.E. 11:30 Invited: Great Invited: Imaging Invited: Site Effects and Combined Probability- Earthquakes Observed Sediment Layer with Seismic Hazard: Impact of Based Magnitude of from Paleoseismology Converted Arrivals Site Response versus Vs30 Completeness (PMC) for along the Himalayan Recorded by Borehole Models on Hazard Curves. Northern and Southern Frontal Thrust and Seismometers. Luo, Y., Ni, Goulet, C.A. and Stewart, California Seismic Seismic Hazard in India. S.D., and Chong, J.J. J.P. Networks. Lewis, M.A., Wesnousky, S. G., Kumar, Schorlemmer, D., and S., Jayangodaperumal, R., Euchner, F. Thakur, V., Briggs, R. W., Rockwell, T.K., Seitz, G. G., Nakata, T., and Kumahara, Y. 11:45 Great Thrust Ruptures Invited: Deformation Assessment of Site in the Himalaya and Changes of the Parameters as Predictors of Baluchistan—Physics vs. Longmenshan Thrust Nappe Site Amplification. Rathje, Reality. Bilham, R. Zone before and after the E.M., and Navidi, S. Wenchuan M8.0 Earthquake Imaged by Relocated Microseismicity and Surface Rupture. Zhu, A.L., Xu, X.W., and Diao, G.L. 12:00 Lunch

288 Seismological Research Letters Volume 80, Number 2 March/April 2009 Time DeAnza Ballroom 1 DeAnza Ballroom 2 DeAnza Ballroom 3 Bonsai Room Seismotectonics and Imaging and Discovery Site Effects: Vs30 and Global Collaborative Geologic Hazards along from USArray and Beyond? (continued) Earthquake Predictability the Basin and Range- EarthScope Alan Yong and Dominic Research Colorado Plateau Session Chair: Richard Assimaki Session Chairs: Danijel Transition Aster and Robert Schorlemmer, Jeremy Session Chairs: John H. Woodward (see page 370) Zechar, and Matt McBride and William J. Gerstenberger (see page 373) Stephenson (see page 368) 1:30 The Wasatch Front, Utah, Invited: Evolution and Of Soil and Rock: The New Forecast Model Based Community Seismic Effects on the Western U.S. Importance of Ground- on the Statistics of Early Velocity Model. Magistrale, Of the Yellowstone Hotspot Truthing for Earthquake Aftershocks. Shebalin, P., H., Pechmann, J.C., and and Mantle Plume. Smith, Site Response. Cassidy, J.F., Narteau, C., Holschneider, Olsen, K.B. R.B., Puskas, C., Farrell, and Mucciarelli, M. M., and Schorlemmer, D. J., Chang, W., Jordan, M., Steinberger, B., Husen, S., Waite, G., O’Connell, R.O. 1:45 3-D Ground Motion S-Wave Receiver Function One Step beyond Vs30: Invited: Testing the Modeling for M7 Dynamic Images of the Lithosphere Shallow Velocity and National Seismic Hazard Rupture Earthquake and Upper Mantle beneath Fundamental Frequency. A Maps and Working Group Scenarios on the Wasatch the Western U.S Using Proposition Calibrated on on California Earthquake Fault, Utah. Roten, D., USArray Data. Miller, the KiK-net Strong Motion Probabilities Report. Felzer, Olsen, K.B., Magistrale, H., M.S., and Levander, A. Data Set. Cadet, H., Bard, K. R. Pechmann, J.C., and Cruz- P.-Y., and Duval, A.-M. Atienza, V.C. 2:00 Characterization of S-Wave EarthScope Gradiometry. Quantifying Measurement Detecting Aseismic Velocities to Depths Greater Langston, C.A., Liang, C., Uncertainty of Thirty Meter Transients in Space and than 100 m in Salt Lake and and Grant, E. Shear Wave Velocity (Vs30). Time from Seismicity Data. Utah Valleys, Utah, from Moss, R.E.S. Llenos, A.L., McGuire, J.J., Spatial Autocorrelation and Ogata, Y. (SPAC) Analysis. Stephenson, W.J., Odum, J.K., Williams, R.A., and Worley, D.M. 2:15 Shallow Subsurface Imaging Lithospheric Geologic Models for Site- Invited: Earthquake Structure of the Wasatch Structure in the Pacific Response Analysis Based on Prediction in China: Fault Zone from Northwest with Ambient Geologic, Geophysical and Themes and Variations. Compressional- and Shear- Noise Tomography. Geotechnical Data. Creed, Jiang, C. S., Liu, G. P., Wave Seismic Reflection Porritt, R.W., Allen, R.J., Jr. Ma, H. S., Wu, Z. L., and Profiles with Implications R.M., Brudzinski, M.R., Zhang, G. M. for Fault Structure and Boyarko, D.C., Hinojosa, Hazard. McBride, J. H. H.R., Moschetti, M.P., Lin, F., Ritzwoller, M.H., and Shapiro, N.M. 2:30 Constraints from GPS Wave Field Imaging of the Seismic Soil Classification A Relatively Simple, and Earthquake Focal Upper Mantle Transition with Flexible Boundaries. Objective, and Extensible Mechanisms on the Active Zone across USArray. Mulargia, F., and Methodology for Deformation near the Stachnik, J.C., and Dueker, Castellaro, S. Developing Probabilistic Colorado Plateau/Basin and K. Earthquake Rupture Models Range Transition. Kreemer, for a Fault or Fault System. C., Blewitt, G., Hammond, Field, E.H., and Page, M. W.C., Bennett, R.A.

Seismological Research Letters Volume 80, Number 2 March/April 2009 289 Time DeAnza Ballroom 1 DeAnza Ballroom 2 DeAnza Ballroom 3 Bonsai Room 2:45 Seismicity and Spatiotemporal Variation Statistical Analysis of Invited: GEM, the Seismotectonic Issues of in Seismic Noise across the Fa-Vs30 Relation. Global Earthquake Western Utah. Pankow, Western North America Castellaro, S., and Model: An Independent K.L., Burlacu, R., and Apparent in Visualizations Mulargia, F. Standard to Calculate and Arabasz, W.J. of USAarray Data. Communicate Earthquake Woodward, R., Simpson, Risk, Raise Awareness, D., and Busby, R. and Promote Mitigation. Stillwell, K. 3:00 Break Seismotectonics and Imaging and Discovery Site Effects: Vs30 and Global Collaborative Geologic Hazards along from USArray and Beyond? (continued) Earthquake Predictability the Basin and Range- EarthScope (continued) Alan Yong and Dominic Research (continued) Colorado Plateau Session Chair: Richard Assimaki Session Chairs: Danijel Transition (continued) Aster and Robert Schorlemmer, Jeremy Session Chairs: John H. Woodward Zechar, and Matt McBride and William J. Gerstenberger Stephenson 3:30 Paleoseismic Observations Mapping Sedimentary Invited: NEHRP Site Invited: Japanese CSEP along US Highway 50: Basins across Canada Using Class Amplification vs. Site Earthquake Forecast An Estimate of Net Long- Receiver Function Analysis. Profile Amplification in the Testing Center. Hirata, N., Term Extension across the Cassidy, J.F., Kao, H., CUS. Cramer, C.H. Tsuruoka, H., Nanjo, K., Basin and Range, Nevada. Al-Khoubbi, I., Halliday, Schorlemmer, D., Euchner, Koehler, R.D., and J., Kim, H., Dosso, S., and F., and Jordan, T.H. Wesnousky, S.G. Dehler, S. 3:45 Influence of Rugged Structure of the Andean Site Response of Newly Comments on Forecast Topography on Normal- Lithosphere from USArray Installed ANSS Sites of the Validation and Verification Faulting Near-Fault Peak Recordings of Depth Anchorage Basin, Alaska. for Earthquakes, Weather Horizontal Accelerations Phase Precursors: Seismic Dutta, U. and Finance. Rundle, J.B., and Velocities. O’Connell, Reflection Profiling Upside Holliday, J.R., Turcotte, D.R.H., and Liu, P. Down. McGlashan, N.M., D.L., Tiampo, K.F. Brown, L.D., and Kay, S.M. 4:00 Exceptional Ground A Novel Downhole Sensor Investigation of Geographic Invited: Goodness-of- Motions Recorded during at SAFOD. Rademacher, Rules for Improving Site- Fit Tests for Point Process the 26 April 2008, Mw=5.0 H., Guralp, C., and Conditions Mapping. Models for Forecasting Earthquake in Mogul, McGowan, M. Wills, C.J., and Gutierrez, Earthquakes. Schoenberg, Nevada. Anderson, J. G., C. F. P. Tibuleac, I., Anooshehpoor, A., Biasi, G., Smith, K., Von Seggern, D. 4:15 Problems in Integrating Imaging the Rupture of the Terrain-Based Classification Short-Term Earthquake

Neotectonics and Geodesy M8.0 Pisco Earthquake of of VSUB30 for California. Probabilities Based on Long- to Assess Seismic Hazard 2007 by Backprojecting Yong, A., Iwahashi, J., and Term Probability Models. in the Northern Walker Teleseismic P Waves. Sufri, Hough, S.E. Michael, A.J., and Field, Lane. Wesnousky, S. G., O., Xu, Y., and Koper, K.D. E.H. Bormann, J. M., Kreemer, C. W., Hammond, W. C., and Brune, J.N.

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Friday, 10 April—Morning Poster Sessions 17. Global Earthquake Forecasts. Kagan, Y. Y., and Jackson, D. D. Active-Source Seismic Imaging—Characterizing the 18. Quantifying the Interaction Between Small Repeating Subsurface Earthquake Sequences. Chen, K. H., Bürgmann, R., Session Chairs: Michael Rymer and Rufus Catchings (see Nadeau, R. M. page 375) 19. Seismicity Patterns Discussed in China: An Incomplete 1. Subsurface Geophysical Investigations to Study the Active Review. Jiang, C. S., Liu, G. P., Ma, H. S., Wu, Z. L., Vuache Fault, France. Gelis, C., Baize, S., and Texier, D. Zhang, G. M. 2. The Silver Creek Fault in Downtown San Jose, Santa 20. Historical and Modern Seismic Activities before the M8.0 Clara County, California. Catchings, R.D., Rymer, M.J., Wenchuan, China, Earthquake of 2008. Wen, X.-Z., and Goldman, M.R. Fang, D., Feng, L., and Pei-Zhen, Z. 3. Fault Delineation in the Lower Mississippi River 21. First Results of the Regional Earthquake Likelihood Embayment Using near Surface Geophysics. Al Kadi, O., Models Experiment. Zechar, J.D., Schorlemmer, D., Mahdi, H., Al-Shukri, H., Tuttle, M., M. Werner, M.J., Field, E.H., Jackson, D.D., and Jordan, T.H. 4. High-Resolution, Shallow Seismic Imaging of the Brawley 22. Predictability Experiments with Repeating Seismic Zone near Obsidian Butte, Imperial County, Microearthquakes. Zechar, J.D., and Nadeau, R.M. California. Rymer, M.J., Goldman, M.R., Catchings, 23. Results from Earthquake Forecast Testing in the R.D., Sickler, R.R., Criley, C.J., Kass, J.B., Knepprath, N. Collaboratory for the Study of Earthquake Predictability. 5. Characterization of Large Shaker Source for USAcross Schorlemmer, D., Zechar, J.D., Gerstenberger, M.C., Imaging of the San Andreas Fault. Nigbor, R., Chui, P., Hirata, N., and Jordan T.H. Kang, S., Keowen, S., Salamanca, A. 24. The CSEP EU Testing Center. Wiemer, S., Woessner, J., 6. The Feasibility of Using an Eccentric-Mass Shaker for Marzocchi, W., Schorlemmer, D., and Euchner, F. Time-Lapse Seismic Imaging. Silver, P.G., Niu, F., Wang, 25. The New Zealand Earthquake Forecast Testing Center: B., and Nigbor, R. Update and Retrospective Testing. Gerstenberger, M.C., 7. Is Downtown Seattle, Washington State, on the Hanging Rhoades, D.A., Christophersen, A. Wall of the Seattle Fault? Pratt, T.L., and Troost, K.G. 26. Aftershock Abundance in Earthquake Forecasting. Christophersen, A., Gerstenberger, M.C., and Wiemer, S. Global Collaborative Earthquake Predictability Research 27. The Near-Fault Spatial Distribution of Aftershocks. (see page 376) Powers, P.M., and Jordan, T.H. 16. A Precursor to the 2004 Parkfield Earthquake. Chun, 28. Development of a Robust, Flexible, and Extensible K.-Y., Yuan, Q.-Y., and Henderson, G. A. Earthquake Forecast Testing Center: The SCEC Collaboratory for the Study of Earthquake Predictability

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292 Seismological Research Letters Volume 80, Number 2 March/April 2009 Seismic Imaging: Recent Advancement and Future 51. Imaging the Himalayan Megathrust in Northwest India Directions (see page 384) with Wave Equation Migration. Caldwell, W.B., Ashish, Shragge, J.C., and Rai, S.S. 45. Microseismicity at the North Anatolian Fault in the Sea of Marmara Offshore Istanbul, NW Turkey. Bulut, F., 52. Importance of Data Quality and Assessent of Solution Bohnhoff M., Ellsworth, W. L., Aktar, M., and Dresen G. Quality in Local Earthquake Tomogaphy: Application to the Alpine Region. Husen, S., Diehl, T., and Kissling, E. 46. The Delay-Time Azimuth Curves of Tele-Seismic Body Waves. Calculation Technology and Possible Usage. 53. Joint-Inversion of Rayleigh Waves for Crustal S-Wave Yakupov, O.T. Velocity Structure. Yano, T.E., and Tanimoto, T. 47. The Effects of Crustal Heterogeneity on Ray-Based 54. Identifying the Upper Part of the Slab in Mexico Using Teleseismic Imaging. Poppeliers, C., and Datta, T. Rayleigh Wave Dispersion. Stubailo, I., Beghein, C., and Davis, P. 48. Simultaneous Joint Inversion of Multiple Geophysical Data Sets and 3D Tomography. Maceira, M., Rowe, C.A., 55. Relocation of Earthquakes and Lithospheric Structure in and Steck, L.K. Iran. Zeng, X., Sun, Y., Toksoz, M.N., and Ni, S. 49. Global 3D Seismic Tomography Using Multi-Core 56. The Crustal Velocity Structure in Central Asia from Distributed Memory Parallel Computers. Hipp, J.R., 3D Traveltime Tomography. Zeng, X., Sun, Y., Toksoz, Young, C.J., Ballard, S., Chang, M.C., and Gonzales, M.N., and Ni, S. M.A. 57. Pn Tomography in Iran. Lu, Y., Sun, Y., Pei, S., Toksoz, 50. Multi-Resolution Seismic Tomography of Regional and M.N., and Ni, S. Mantle Scale Structures Using Tessellation-Based Node Definitions. Simmons, N.A., Myers, S.C., and Ramirez, A.L.

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