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Supplementary Material Enggeo 2019 105403
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.105403 - Supplementary material Supplementary material for “NDSHA: A new paradigm for reliable seismic hazard assessment” G.F. Panzaa,b,c,d,e, J. Belad,f,⁎ a Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, Italy b Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, China c Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL, Rome, Italy d International Seismic Safety Organization, ISSO, Arsita, Italy e Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture (BUCEA), China f Oregon Earthquake Awareness, Portland, Oregon, USA _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ !!“Tell!me!you!kept!the!box!and!receipt.”! “The conundrum, though, is that, once serious questions are raised, it’s hard—and perhaps even wrong—not to debate them.” 1 G.F. Panza and J. Bela - NDSHA: A new paradigm for reliable seismic hazard assessment :::/ :.. PSHA: You've been sitting quietly for far too long. NDSHA: I'm going on an adventure! I WANT YOU FOR AN ADVENTURE ! To A NEW PARADIGM . ENTER HERE: BIBLIOGRAPHIC JOURNEY to a NEW PARADIGM ! 2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.105403 - Supplementary material Jurassic PSHA (Probabilistic Stoney Hazardous Asteroids) “WELL, THERE’S SOMETHING Y0U DON’T SEE EVERYDAY!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHalXjs0cDA Saxe, J.S. (1873) “The Blind Men and the Elephant”, a re-telling of an Indian parable that deals with perception and the subjective nature of truth: featuring six blind men who wish to observe an elephant. https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/the-blind-men-and-the-elephant?search_id=3423435 Cancani, A. (1904) “Sur l'emploi d'une double échelle sismique des intensités, empirique et absolue”, Gerlands Beitr. -
Front Matter
Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-44568-9 — Active Faults of the World Robert Yeats Frontmatter More Information Active Faults of the World There is an ever-increasing need for a better understanding of regional seismic hazards, particularly in developing parts of the world where major building projects are planned and there is a huge migration of people to large cities that are at risk from earthquakes. Disasters in recent times, such as the earthquakes in Japan and Haiti, are chilling proof of the dangers of building in active fault zones. This book provides the first worldwide survey of active earthquake faults, with a focus on those described as “seismic time bombs”, with the potential to destroy large cities in the developing world such as Port-au-Prince, Kabul, Tehran, and Caracas. Leading international earthquake expert, Robert Yeats, explores both the regional and plate-tectonic context of active faults around the world, providing the background for seismic hazard evaluation in planning large-scale projects such as nuclear power plants or hydroelectric dams. He also highlights work done in more advanced seismogenic countries such as Japan, the United States, Italy, New Zealand, and China as helpful examples for developing nations, providing an important basis for upgrading building standards and other laws. In addition to providing a valuable technical summary of active fault zones worldwide, the book presents the human side of earthquake science, exploring the impact of major quakes on social development through history, such as the effect of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake on the Age of Enlightenment. It will form an accessible reference for analysts and consulting firms, and a convenient overview for academics and students of geoscience, geotechnical engineering and civil engineering, and land-use planning. -
Six Similar Sequential Ruptures of the San Andreas Fault, Carrizo Plain, California
Six similar sequential ruptures of the San Andreas fault, Carrizo Plain, California Jing Liu Yann Klinger Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA, and Laboratoire de Tectonique, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 05, France Kerry Sieh* Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA Charles Rubin Department of Geological Sciences, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington 98926, USA ABSTRACT We document the precise sizes, but not the dates, of the six latest offsets across the San Andreas fault at Wallace Creek, California. Three and perhaps four of these, including the latest in 1857, show dextral offset of 7.5±8 m. The third and fourth offsets, however, are just 1.4 and 5.2 m. The predominance of similar offsets for the latest six events suggests that the fundamental properties of the fault system that control slip size do not vary greatly from event to event. The large offsets imply that ruptures involving this site are typically more than 200 km long. Keywords: San Andreas, fault, paleoseismology, earthquake, rupture. INTRODUCTION direct evidence or have large uncertainties in tially buries these, so their precise geometry Concepts and models of repeating fault rup- slip sizes (e.g., Schwartz and Coppersmith, near the fault is obscure. ture are tenuous, because there are few data to 1984; Sieh, 1984; Pantosti et al., 1996). To determine exactly the number, size, and test them. Some advocate sequences that are Better long records would narrow the wide sequence of the dextral offsets, we exposed highly regular in time or rupture parameters range of predicted behaviors. -
NOVEMBER 16-17, 1984 Menlo Park, California By
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINUTES OF THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION EVALUATION COUNCIL NOVEMBER 16-17, 1984 Menlo Park, California by Clement F. Shearer1 Open File Report 85-201 This report is preliminary and has not been edited or reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey publication standards and stratiqraphic npmenclature. llJ.S. Geological Survey, 106 National Center Reston, Virginia 22092 TABLE OF CONTENTS page Preface i 1 Minutes of the November 1984 meeting ^ 1. Agenda for November 1984 meeting 12. List of members, National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council 13. Appendices: A. The Parkfield, California, Prediction Experiment - W. H. Bakun and A. G. Lindh 16. B. Holocene activity of the San Andreas fault at Wallace Creek, California - Kerry E. Si eh and Richard H. Jahns 56. C. Terms for Expressing Earthquake Potential, Prediction, and Probability- Robert E. Wallace, James F. Davis, and Karen C. McNally 71. D. USGS, Terminoloqy for Geologic Hazards Warnings 79. 11. PREFACE The National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council (NEPEC) was established in 1979 pursuant to the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to advise the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in issuing any formal predictions or other information pertinent to the potential for the occurrence of a significant earthquake. It is the Director of the USGS who is responsible for the decision whether and when to issue such a prediction or information. NEPEC, also referred to in this document as the Council, according to its charter is comprised of a Chairman, Vice Chairman, and from 8 to 12 other members appointed by the Director of the USGS. -
Sieh Reid Medal Press Release
For Immediate Release Media contact: Nan Broadbent Seismological Society of America Phone: 408-431-9885 E-mail: [email protected] Pioneering geologist Kerry Sieh awarded top honor in seismology SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6, 2014 – Throughout his career, geologist Kerry Sieh has developed new ideas and techniques that place him at the forefront of understanding the recurrence of earthquakes and fault behavior. Transforming the field of paleoseismology through his early work on the San Andreas fault to his current work in Asia, he changed how scientists study earthquakes. For his pioneering work and leadership, the Seismological Society of America (SSA) will honor Sieh with its highest honor, the Harry Fielding Reid Medal, at its 2014 annual meeting. “Kerry Sieh has literally changed the way we think about earthquakes and seismic hazards,” said Clarence R. Allen, professor-emeritus of geology and geophysics at Caltech, who was among many who nominated Sieh for the honor. Sieh revolutionized the study of earthquakes by spearheading the development of the field of paleoseismology, which is at the forefront of both seismological research and geotechnical practice in seismic hazard assessment. It was while an undergraduate student at the University of California, Riverside, that Sieh excavated his first trenches across the San Jacinto fault. As a doctoral student at Stanford University, he produced his seminal field work on the San Andreas fault at Pallett Creek in southern California, dating a long sequence of past surface ruptures and introducing methods and types of observations that are still in use today in the analysis of paleo- events along strike-slip faults. -
1991 Labc,Rators California Institute Ii Technologs Pasaijena CA 9112P
Southern California Earthquake Center Sciente Director K Ak, Eecut,s e Director T I-lenses Southern Cilit,’rn,a Earthquake C enter 90089 Southern California Earthquake Center Annual Meeting Institutional Represenians es October 29-31, 1991 Labc,rators California Institute ii Technologs Pasaijena CA 9112P D Jackson Department f Earth and Spacebsiences NSF/USGS Site Los Angeles CA Review 90024 SCEC Advisory Council Meeting R Arcfnstieta Department it Geological S tn_c’ 9310t, November 1, 1991 K Mc\aIl, Earth octence. Board f rud,es UC if Santa ‘run Q50b4 B Stinger torn UCSD University Hilton Hotel Los Angeles, California L Seeber l.amont-[toherrc Geological Obs Columbia Unisersir, Palisades Vt T Hearin 0- LSGS- OEVF 0 25S f%,I-,nAse Pasadena CA . : 9U0 I Telephone (213) 740-5843 FAX (213) 740-0011 Table of Contents SCEC Academic Co-Investigators (1991) 1 SCEC Organization 2 SCEC Annual Meeting Agenda Tuesday, October 29 3 Wednesday, October 30 4 Thursday, October 31 5 Friday, November 1 6 SCEC Overview, 1991 (Aki) 7 Members of SCEC Advisory Council 1 6 Members of NSF/USGS Site Review Team 1 8 The Master Model 1 9 SCEC Evaluation Criteria 20 1991 Visitors Program 27 Individual Investigator Reports Group A (Master Model Construction and Seismic Hazard Analysis) A - 1 Group B (Strong Ground Motion Prediction) B-i Group C (Fault-Zone Geology) C-i Group D (Subsurface Imaging of Seismogenic Zones) D-i Group E (Crustal Deformation) E-1 Group F (Regional Seismicity) F- 1 Group G (Physics of Earthquake Sources) G-1 Group H (Engineering Applications) H-i Note: This report is preliminary and not intended to be complete. -
EERI Oral History Series, Vol. 10, Clarence R. Allen
CONNECTIONS The EERI Oral History Series Clarence R. Allen Stanley Scott Interviewer CONNECTIONS The EERI Oral History Series Clarence R. Allen CONNECTIONS The EERI Oral History Series Clarence R. Allen Stanley Scott, Interviewer Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Acknowledgments The help, encouragement, and editorial feedback of EERI Executive Director Susan K. Tubbesing and the EERI Board of Directors were instrumental in both establishing Connections: The EERI Oral History Series and in bringing this volume to publication. EERI gratefully acknowledges partial funding of this project by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). v vi Table of Contents Acknowledgments v The EERI Oral History Series ix Foreword, by Stanley Scott xiii Personal Introduction, by Lloyd S. Cluff xv Chapter 1 Early Years and Family Background 1 Chapter 2 1942-1946: Reed College and World War II 13 Chapter 3 Caltech: Graduate Work and Joining the Faculty 19 Chapter 4 Field Studies of Faults and the Geology of Earthquakes 27 Chapter 5 Colleagues and Work at Caltech 37 Chapter 6 Consulting on Major Dams and Water Projects 41 Chapter 7 Nuclear Concerns: Power Plants and Waste Disposal 55 Chapter 8 Significant Scientific Papers 61 Chapter 9 Service on Local, State, National, and International Boards 81 Chapter 10 Interdisciplinary Communication and EERI 91 Chapter 11 Personal Notes 95 Photographs 99 Index 111 vii viii The EERI Oral History Series This is the tenth volume in Connections: The EERI Oral History Series. The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute initiated this series to preserve the recollections of some of those who have pioneered in earthquake engineering and seismic design.