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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">Please post these this
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt">ADVANCING NEW <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt">TIME-HISTORY DETERMINATION <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">A Shlemon Advanced-Practice Specialty
Conference<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Memphis</SPAN></B></st1:City><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">, <st1:State
w:st="on">TN</st1:State></SPAN></B></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">, <st1:date
w:st="on" Month="6" Day="3" Year="2009">June 3 – 5,
2009</st1:date><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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</SPAN>The conference concerns the most recent research and the various methods
to develop intraplate earthquake time histories, particularly in the <st1:place
w:st="on">Central U.S.</st1:place><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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</SPAN>Intraplate earthquake time histories are a controversial topic,
particularly compared to western <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> evaluations (a plate margin with
many more applicable events and recordings).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>New Madrid Seismic Zone’s and other
sources’ intraplate seismicity, attenuation, spectra, and local site conditions
pose difficult issues concerning unique <st1:place w:st="on">Central
U.S.</st1:place> properties, methodologies, and their accuracies.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is an extremely important topic as
the Bicentennial approaches for the Great New Madrid Series of earthquakes in
1811 and 1812.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Several
different areas play important roles in the development of these time
histories.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These areas range from
local site investigations and hazard studies to regional studies of
paleoliquefaction, faulting, tectonic movement and stress fields, velocity
models and areas of engineering seismology.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN>The design community depends upon
proper time histories.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The noted
intraplate time-history issues impact the built environment of (nuclear,
traditional, and advanced design) power plants, transportation and utility
infrastructure, and business development and continuity.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There are also the broader implications
for world-wide intraplate regions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">The objective of
the conference is to bring together noted researchers (as invited speakers), and
those who create and/or use time histories (as abstract authors or just
attendees) to resolve the appropriate elements and methodologies for determining
time histories.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The conference will
also be concerned with the precision and accuracy of the methodologies and what
added information would lead to the greatest reduction in ground-motion
uncertainty.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Authors will be
encouraged to present time histories for different <st1:place w:st="on">Central
U.S.</st1:place> regional locations or cities.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The objective would be completed with a
transfer of such elements and methodologies to practitioners that develop and/or
use time histories.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A compact disc
may be created of the proceedings for those that may not be able to attend.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none">U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Memphis</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>’ <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Center for
Earthquake Research and Information (CERI)</SPAN> <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">are strongly
supporting the conference.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please
make your plans to provide an abstract for a poster or presentation and to
attend.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The cost of the Shlemon
Specialty Conference and the hotel has been kept very reasonable for
attendees.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Registration
and abstract submission information will be available in the near future.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you have any questions, please
contact Greg Hempen, <A href="mailto:Greg_Hempen@urscorp.com"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Greg_Hempen@urscorp.com</SPAN></A><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Submitted by Greg Hempen, PhD, PE,
RG</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>