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- PhD Geology University of California, Santa Cruz
- Masters Geology University of California, Santa Cruz
- Bachelors Geology University of California, Santa Cruz
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- Documentation for the 2008 update of the United States National Seismic Hazard Maps (2008) (715)
- Mapping Seismic Hazard in the Central and Eastern United States (1995) (612)
- Finite difference simulations of seismic scattering: Implications for the propagation of short‐period seismic waves in the crust and models of crustal heterogeneity (1986) (588)
- National Seismic-Hazard Maps: Documentation June 1996 (1996) (414)
- Documentation for the 2002 update of the national seismic hazard maps (2002) (405)
- Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, Version 2 (UCERF 2) (2009) (370)
- The 2002 Denali Fault Earthquake, Alaska: A Large Magnitude, Slip-Partitioned Event (2003) (360)
- The permeability of whole and jointed Barre Granite (1979) (348)
- Energy-flux model of seismic coda: Separation of scattering and intrinsic attenuation (1987) (331)
- A three-dimensional simulation of seismic waves in the Santa Clara Valley, California, from a Loma Prieta aftershock (1992) (235)
- Attenuation of high‐frequency shear waves in the crust: Measurements from New York State, South Africa, and southern California (1990) (197)
- Calculation of broadband time histories of ground motion: Comparison of methods and validation using strong-ground motion from the 1994 Northridge earthquake (1999) (196)
- 2014 Update of the United States National Seismic Hazard Maps (2012) (196)
- Three-dimensional simulations of ground motions in the San Bernardino Valley, California, for hypothetical earthquakes on the San Andreas fault (1993) (172)
- High-frequency spectral falloff of earthquakes, fractal dimension of complex rupture, b value, and the scaling of strength on faults (1991) (170)
- Nonlinear and Linear Site Response and Basin Effects in Seattle for the M 6.8 Nisqually, Washington, Earthquake (2002) (162)
- Source parameters for small events associated with the 1986 North Palm Springs, California, earthquake determined using empirical Green functions (1990) (161)
- USGS National Seismic Hazard Maps (2000) (159)
- Regional Lg attenuation for the continental United States (1997) (135)
- Observations of Loma Prieta aftershocks from a dense array in Sunnyvale, California (1991) (133)
- The effects of attenuation and site response on the spectra of microearthquakes in the northeastern Caribbean (1982) (128)
- Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for the state of California (1996) (124)
- The 2014 United States National Seismic Hazard Model (2015) (122)
- A finite-difference simulation of wave propagation in two-dimensional random media (1984) (120)
- Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for Sumatra, Indonesia and across the Southern Malaysian Peninsula (2004) (119)
- Site response for urban Los Angeles using aftershocks of the Northridge earthquake (1996) (117)
- Rupture characteristics and tomographic source imaging of ML ∼ 3 earthquakes near Anza, southern California (1986) (112)
- Simulating strong motions of large earthquakes using recordings of small earthquakes: the Loma Prieta mainshock as a test case (1995) (111)
- Development of Maximum Considered Earthquake Ground Motion Maps (2000) (111)
- Variability of site response in the Los Angeles urban area (1997) (109)
- Deaggregation of probabilistic ground motions in the central and eastern United States (1999) (105)
- Fault Displacement Hazard for Strike-Slip Faults (2011) (103)
- Reply to K. Aki's “Comment on ‘microearthquake spectra from the Anza, California seismic network: Site response and source scaling’” (1989) (97)
- A Constant Stress-Drop Model for Producing Broadband Synthetic Seismograms: Comparison with the Next Generation Attenuation Relations (2009) (96)
- The 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model: Overview of model and implications (2020) (91)
- Mechanisms of seismic attenuation in the crust: Scattering and anelasticity in New York State, South Africa, and southern California (1991) (88)
- Sedimentary Basin Effects in Seattle, Washington: Ground-Motion Observations and 3D Simulations (2009) (83)
- Broadband Synthetic Seismograms for Magnitude 9 Earthquakes on the Cascadia Megathrust Based on 3D Simulations and Stochastic Synthetics, Part 1: Methodology and Overall Results (2018) (83)
- Time-independent and Time-dependent Seismic Hazard Assessment for the State of California: Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast Model 1.0 (2007) (83)
- Site characterization for urban seismic hazards in lower Manhattan, New York City, from microtremor array analysis (2009) (82)
- Liquefaction evidence for one or more strong Holocene earthquakes in the Wabash Valley of southern Indiana and Illinois, with a preliminary estimate of magnitude (1993) (77)
- Determination of rupture duration and stress drop for earthquakes in southern California (1983) (76)
- Rupture Process of the M 7.9 Denali Fault, Alaska, Earthquake: Subevents, Directivity, and Scaling of High-Frequency Ground Motions (2004) (71)
- Geographic Deaggregation of Seismic Hazard in the United States (2001) (64)
- A review of numerical experiments on seismic wave scattering (1989) (62)
- Simulations of Seismic Hazard for the Pacific Northwest of the United States from Earthquakes Associated with the Cascadia Subduction Zone (2002) (61)
- Three-Dimensional Simulations of Ground Motions in the Seattle Region for Earthquakes in the Seattle Fault Zone (2000) (60)
- Revision of Time-Independent Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Maps for Alaska (2007) (58)
- Probabilistic seismic hazard maps of Alaska (1999) (58)
- Broadband Synthetic Seismograms for Magnitude 9 Earthquakes on the Cascadia Megathrust Based on 3D Simulations and Stochastic Synthetics, Part 2: Rupture Parameters and Variability (2018) (56)
- Observations of Basin Ground Motions from a Dense Seismic Array in San Jose, California (2001) (55)
- Implications of felt area-magnitude relations for earthquake scaling and the average frequency of perceptible ground motion (1994) (55)
- Effects of 3D Random Correlated Velocity Perturbations on Predicted Ground Motions (2010) (51)
- Seismic Hazard in Hawaii: High Rate of Large Earthquakes and Probabilistic Ground-Motion Maps (2001) (50)
- Precursors to a magnitude 4.8 earthquake in the Virgin Islands: Spatial clustering of small earthquakes, anomalous focal mechanisms, and earthquake doublets (1982) (50)
- Evaluation of topographic effects on P and S-waves of explosions at the northern Novaya Zemlya Test Site using 3-D numerical simulations (1992) (49)
- Simulation of Broadband Ground Motion Including Nonlinear Soil Effects for a Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake on the Seattle Fault, Seattle, Washington (2001) (48)
- Modeling and Validation of a 3D Velocity Structure for the Santa Clara Valley, California, for Seismic-Wave Simulations (2006) (47)
- Source parameters and scaling relationships of small earthquakes in the northeastern Caribbean (1981) (45)
- Dense array recordings in the San Bernardino Valley of landers-big bear aftershocks: Basin surface waves, Moho reflections, and three-dimensional simulations (1994) (44)
- Surface Seismic Measurements of Near-Surface P- and S-Wave Seismic Velocities at Earthquake Recording Stations, Seattle, Washington (1999) (43)
- Urban seismology—Northridge aftershocks recorded by multi-scale arrays of portable digital seismographs (1996) (43)
- Observations from a seismic network in the Virgin Islands Region: Tectonic structures and earthquake swarms (1980) (42)
- Site response for Seattle and source parameters of earthquakes in the Puget Sound Region (1999) (41)
- Frequency-Dependent Seismic Attenuation within the Hispaniola Island Region of the Caribbean Sea (2012) (41)
- Significant Motions between GPS Sites in the New Madrid Region: Implications for Seismic Hazard (2012) (40)
- Seismic Hazard Maps for Seattle, Washington, Incorporating 3D Sedimentary Basin Effects, Nonlinear Site Response, and Rupture Directivity (2007) (40)
- Rupture process of the Ms 6.6 Superstition Hills, California, earthquake determined from strong-motion recordings: Application of tomographic source inversion (1989) (40)
- How Can Seismic Hazard around the New Madrid Seismic Zone Be Similar to That in California (2004) (40)
- Liquefaction Evidence for Strong Holocene Earthquake(S) in the Wabash Valley of Indiana-Illinois (1992) (38)
- Comment on "Why earthquake hazard maps often fail and what to do about it" by S. Stein, R. Geller, and M. Liu (2013) (37)
- Seismic Hazard Maps for Haiti (2011) (37)
- Documentation for initial seismic hazard maps for Haiti (2010) (36)
- Geology in the 1996 USGS Seismic-hazard Maps, Central and Eastern United States (2000) (35)
- Rupture History of the 2011 M 9 Tohoku Japan Earthquake Determined from Strong-Motion and High-Rate GPS Recordings: Subevents Radiating Energy in Different Frequency Bands (2013) (35)
- Seismic-Hazard Maps for the Conterminous United States (1997) (33)
- Investigation of an earthquake swarm near Trinidad, Colorado, August-October 2001 (2002) (31)
- 2014 update of the U.S. national seismic hazard maps (2014) (30)
- Variability of site response in Seattle, Washington (2000) (30)
- Correlation of 1- to 10-Hz Earthquake Resonances with Surface Measurements of S-wave Reflections and Refractions in the Upper 50 m (2000) (30)
- Reassessing the new madrid seismic zone (2000) (30)
- Preparation of earthquake catalogs for the national seismic-hazard maps : contiguous 48 states (1997) (29)
- Effects of Deep Basins on Structural Collapse during Large Subduction Earthquakes (2017) (29)
- Source‐Dependent Amplification of Earthquake Ground Motions in Deep Sedimentary Basins (2019) (28)
- 3D Ground‐Motion Simulations of Mw 7 Earthquakes on the Salt Lake City Segment of the Wasatch Fault Zone: Variability of Long‐Period (T≥1 s) Ground Motions and Sensitivity to Kinematic Rupture Parameters (2017) (28)
- Implementation of NGA-West2 Ground Motion Models in the 2014 U.S. National Seismic Hazard Maps (2014) (27)
- 2014 Update of the Pacific Northwest Portion of the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Maps (2015) (27)
- Seismic Source Characterization for the 2014 Update of the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model (2015) (27)
- Toward resolving an earthquake ground motion mystery in west Seattle, Washington State: Shallow seismic focusing may cause anomalous chimney damage (2006) (27)
- Erratum to Broadband Synthetic Seismograms for Magnitude 9 Earthquakes on the Cascadia Megathrust Based on 3D Simulations and Stochastic Synthetics, Part 1: Methodology and Overall Results (2018) (25)
- Earthquake hazard in the New Madrid Seismic Zone remains a concern (2009) (24)
- Living on an Active Earth: Perspectives on Earthquake Science (2003) (24)
- First-generation site-response maps for the Los Angeles region based on earthquake ground motions (1998) (23)
- Modeling Strong‐Motion Recordings of the 2010 Mw 8.8 Maule, Chile, Earthquake with High Stress‐Drop Subevents and Background Slip (2017) (23)
- Earthquake Damage, Site Response, and Building Response in Avcilar, West of Istanbul, Turkey (2000) (23)
- Evaluating a Kinematic Method for Generating Broadband Ground Motions for Great Subduction Zone Earthquakes: Application to the 2003 Mw 8.3 Tokachi‐Oki Earthquake (2017) (22)
- Model Uncertainties of the 2002 Update of California Seismic Hazard Maps (2005) (22)
- USGS NATIONAL SEISMIC HAZARD MAPS: UNIFORM HAZARD SPECTRA, DE-AGGREGATION, AND UNCERTAINTY (1997) (22)
- Seismic-Hazard Maps for California, Nevada, and Western Arizona/Utah (1997) (21)
- Seismic hazard curves and uniform hazard response spectra for the United States - A user guide (2001) (21)
- A composite focal mechanism for microearthquakes along the northeastern border of the Caribbean Plate (1982) (20)
- Seismic-Hazard Maps for the Conterminous United States, 2008 (2005) (19)
- Cascadia Subduction Zone (2008) (19)
- Decay of S‐Wave Amplitudes with Distance for Earthquakes in the Charlevoix, Quebec, Area: Effects of Radiation Pattern and Directivity (2015) (18)
- Discrepancy between Earthquake Rates Implied by Historic Earthquakes and a Consensus Geologic Source Model for California (2000) (18)
- Impacts of Simulated M9 Cascadia Subduction Zone Motions on Idealized Systems (2019) (17)
- Model and Parametric Uncertainty in Source-Based Kinematic Models of Earthquake Ground Motion (2011) (17)
- Urban seismic experiments investigate Seattle Fault and Basin (2000) (16)
- On the similarity of theories of anelastic and scattering attenuation (1989) (16)
- Report on workshop to incorporate basin response in the design of tall buildings in the Puget Sound region, Washington (2014) (16)
- Source parameters of two ML ∼ 5 earthquakes near Anza, California, and a comparison with an Imperial Valley aftershock (1984) (15)
- The Advanced National Seismic System (2001) (15)
- Correlation of P wave amplitudes and travel time residuals for teleseisms recorded on the Southern California Seismic Network (1992) (15)
- How Does the Ground Shake? (1999) (15)
- 2018 report on incorporating sedimentary basin response into the design of tall buildings in Seattle, Washington (2018) (14)
- Moderate and large earthquakes in the South Sandwich Arc: Indicators of tectonic variation along a subduction zone (1979) (14)
- Liquefaction evidence for strong Holocene earthquake(s) in the Wabash Valley of southern Indiana-Illinois, with a preliminary estimate of magnitude (1992) (14)
- Impact of Down‐Dip Rupture Limit and High‐Stress Drop Subevents on Coseismic Land‐Level Change during Cascadia Megathrust Earthquakes (2019) (13)
- A Scenario Study of Seismically Induced Landsliding in Seattle Using Broadband Synthetic Seismograms (2013) (12)
- New Seismic Hazard Maps for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (2010) (12)
- Comment on Should Memphis Build for California's Earthquakes? (2003) (12)
- Challenges in making a seismic hazard map for Alaska and the Aleutians (2013) (12)
- Spatial Seismicity Rates and Maximum Magnitudes for Background Earthquakes (2008) (12)
- Modeling the Effects of Source and Path Heterogeneity on Ground Motions of Great Earthquakes on the Cascadia Subduction Zone Using 3D Simulations (2014) (11)
- Summary of November 2010 meeting to evaluate turbidite data for constraining the recurrence parameters of great Cascadia earthquakes for the update of national seismic hazard maps (2011) (10)
- Documentation for 2003 USGS Seismic Hazard Maps for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (2003) (9)
- Seismic and tsunami hazard in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (1999) (9)
- Comments on potential geologic and seismic hazards affecting coastal Ventura County, California (2004) (8)
- Expected warning times from the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system for earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest (2021) (8)
- Shear‐Wave Velocity in the Seattle Basin to 2 km Depth Characterized with the krSPAC Microtremor Array Method: Insights for Urban Basin‐Scale Imaging (2019) (8)
- Seismic and tsunami hazards in northeast Caribbean addressed at meeting (1999) (7)
- Reducing risk where tectonic plates collide—U.S. Geological Survey subduction zone science plan (2017) (7)
- The 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model: Ground motion models in the central and eastern US (2021) (7)
- New USGS seismic hazard maps for the United States (1996) (7)
- Ensemble ShakeMaps for Magnitude 9 Earthquakes on the Cascadia Subduction Zone (2020) (7)
- Deaggregation of U.S. Seismic Hazard Sources: The 2002 Update (2003) (7)
- Integrate urban‐scale seismic hazard analyses with the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model (2018) (7)
- Seismic-hazard maps for Alaska and the Aleutian Islands (1999) (6)
- Reply to “Comment on `How Can Seismic Hazard around the New Madrid Seismic Zone Be Similar to That in California?' by Arthur Frankel”, by Zhenming Wang, Baoping Shi, and John D. Kiefer (2005) (6)
- Rupture Process of the M7.9 Denali Fault, Alaska, Earthquake Determined from Strong-Motion Recordings (2002) (6)
- Basin Amplification Effects in the Puget Lowland, Washington, from Strong-Motion Recordings and 3D Simulations (2020) (6)
- Preliminary 2018 Update of the U . S . National Seismic Hazard Model : Overview of Model , Changes , and Implications (2018) (6)
- Configuration of the Seattle Urban Seismic Array for the February 28, 2001, M6.8, Nisqually earthquake and its aftershocks (2001) (5)
- Corrigendum to comment on “Why Earthquake Hazard Maps Often Fail and What to do About It” by S. Stein, R. Geller, and M. Liu [TECTO 592(2013) 200–206] (2013) (5)
- 2021 US National Seismic Hazard Model for the State of Hawaii (2021) (5)
- Three-dimensional ground-motion simulations of earthquakes for the Hanford area, Washington (2014) (5)
- The 2008 U.S. Geological Survey national seismic hazard models and maps for the central and eastern United States (2013) (5)
- Seismic-hazard maps for Hawaii (2000) (5)
- Topographic Response to Simulated Mw 6.5–7.0 Earthquakes on the Seattle Fault (2022) (5)
- Appendix H; WGCEP historical California earthquake catalog (2008) (5)
- Shear- and compressional- wave velocity measurements from two 150-m-deep boreholes in Seattle, Washington, USA (2004) (5)
- Site-Response Maps for the Los Angeles Region Based on Earthquake Ground Motions (1996) (4)
- MAPPING FAULT RUPTURE HAZARD FOR STRIKE-SLIP EARTHQUAKES (2002) (4)
- Source Process of the M7.9 Denali Fault, Alaska, Earthquake: Sub-Events, Directivity, and Scaling of High-Frequency Ground Motion (2003) (4)
- Comment on “Rupture process of the 1987 Superstition Hills earthquake from the inversion of strong-motion data” by Wald et al. (1992) (4)
- The 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model: Ground motion models in the western US (2021) (3)
- Recent Trends and Future Prospects in Seismic Hazard Analysis (1998) (3)
- Seismic hazard assessment for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (2012) (3)
- The 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model: Where, why, and how much probabilistic ground motion maps changed (2021) (3)
- Structural response to 3D simulated earthquake motions in San Bernardino Valley (1994) (2)
- INCORPORATING LONG-PERIOD (T>1 S) EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS FROM 3-D SIMULATIONS IN THE U.S. NATIONAL SEISMIC HAZARD MODEL (2016) (2)
- Evaluating fault rupture hazard for strike-slip earthquakes (2004) (2)
- The science, engineering applications, and policy implications of simulation-based PSHA (2018) (2)
- Comment on “Interpretation of Kappa and fmax Filters as Source Effect” by Igor A. Beresnev (2019) (2)
- Implications of felt area-magnitude relations for earthquake scaling and the average frequency of perceptible : Seismological Society of America, 84 (2), 1994, pp 462–465 (1994) (2)
- Earthquake forewarning in the Cascadia region (2015) (2)
- Hazard maps help save lives and property (1996) (2)
- Reply to “Comment on `How Can Seismic Hazard in the New Madrid Seismic Zone Be Similar to That in California?' by Arthur Frankel” (2005) (2)
- Appendix L: Cascadia Subduction Zone (2008) (2)
- Imaging and ground motion in urban sedimentary basins; the Santa Clara and San Bernardino Valleys (1998) (1)
- Data report of aftershocks of the 03 November 2002, Mw 7.9 Denali Fault earthquake recorded near the fault rupture at the Richardson Highway and Alyeska Pipeline (2003) (1)
- A Magnitude 7.1 Earthquake in the Tacoma Fault Zone-A Plausible Scenario for the Southern Puget Sound Region, Washington (2010) (1)
- Site Response, Basin Amplification, and Earthquake Stress Drops in the Portland, Oregon Area (2020) (1)
- Refined modeling of Seattle basin amplification (2016) (1)
- High-Frequency Rupture Processes of the 2014 Mw 8.2 Iquique and 2015 Mw 8.3 Illapel, Chile, Earthquakes Determined from Strong-Motion Recordings (2022) (1)
- Structure and QP–QS Relations in the Seattle and Tualatin Basins from Converted Seismic Phases (2021) (1)
- Comments on Potential Geologic and Seismic Hazards Affecting Proposed Liquefied Natural Gas Site in Santa Monica Bay, California (2008) (1)
- Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis for the hazard from the Cascadia Subduction Zone in the Pacific Northwest of the United States (1)
- Preliminary simulation of a M6.5 earthquake on the Seattle Fault using 3D finite-difference modeling (2000) (1)
- New Tools to Determine Seismic Hazard and Other Seismic Parameters for the United States (2001) (1)
- Implosion, earthquake, and explosion recordings from the 2000 Seattle Kingdome Seismic Hazards Investigation of Puget Sound (SHIPS), Washington (2002) (1)
- EVALUATING FAULT RUPTURE FOR STRIKE-SLIP EARTHQUAKES (2004) (0)
- Earthquake Scenarios Based Upon the Data and Methodologies of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project (2011) (0)
- Calculation of the Rate of M>6.5 Earthquakes for California and Adjacent Portions of Nevada and Mexico (2008) (0)
- Earthquake Ground Motions in Sedimentary Basins (2001) (0)
- USGS science for a changing world Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Maps of Alaska (1999) (0)
- Characteristics of the High-Frequency Energy Release of the M9.0 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake Determined from Strong-Motion Recordings (2011) (0)
- 3-D SIMULATIONS OF M9 EARTHQUAKES ON THE CASCADIA MEGATHRUST: KEY PARAMETERS AND CONSTRAINTS FROM PALEOSEISMIC EVIDENCE (2017) (0)
- The M9 Project: 3-D Simulations of Megathrust Earthquakes in Cascadia (2016) (0)
- Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Maps of Seattle, Washington, Including 3D Sedimentary Basin Effects and Rupture Directivity: Implications of 3D Random Velocity Variations (Invited) (2010) (0)
- EFFECTS OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL BEDROCK TOPOGRAPHY ON EARTHQUAKE MOTIONS IN SEDIMENTARY BASINS (1993) (0)
- Seismic Hazard Study for the Department of Energy Y-12 Plant (2000) (0)
- Sedimentary Basins: A Deeper Look at Seattle and Portland’s Earthquake Hazards (2015) (0)
- Deep intraslab earthquakes and how they contribute to seismic hazard in the Pacific northwestern U.S. (2002) (0)
- Some Proposed Modifications to the 1996 California Probabilistic Hazard Model (2001) (0)
- Recommendations for EHRP 5-year plan of USGS; earthquake engineering perspective (1997) (0)
- The USGS Earthquake Scenario Project (2009) (0)
- Building a Subduction Zone Observatory (2016) (0)
- The effects of source and path heterogeneity on simulated strong ground motions from great earthquakes on the Cascadia subduction zone (2012) (0)
- 2018 Update of the National Seismic Hazard Models for the United States (2018) (0)
- 3D Ground-Motion Simulations for Magnitude 9 Earthquakes on the Cascadia Megathrust: Sedimentary Basin Amplification, Rupture Directivity, and Ground-Motion Variability (2017) (0)
- Three-Dimensional Simulations of Ground Motions in Sedimentary Basins (1993) (0)
- Seismic design parameters - A user guide (2001) (0)
- A tomographic method to calculate Lg Q across the continental US (2003) (0)
- Predicting Strong Ground-Motion Seismograms for Magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquakes Using 3D Simulations with High Stress Drop Sub-Events (2015) (0)
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