[CEUS-earthquake-hazards] CEUS Time History Conference, 3 - 5 JUN 09, Memphis

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ADVANCING NEW MADRID REGION 

TIME-HISTORY DETERMINATION 

A Shlemon Specialty Conference

Memphis, TN, June 3 - 5, 2009

 

            The Conference concerns the most recent research and the various methods to develop and use intraplate earthquake time histories, particularly in the Central U.S.  The conference hopes to bring together researchers, design practitioners, government-agency specialists, and large facilities' design managers to raise the state of practice.  Contributed posters or presentations are encouraged.  Acceptable topics include Central US Time History assessment or use, and Time Histories calculated for particular Central US sites.  The meeting schedule will be adjusted for contributed presentations and posters.  

The objective of the conference is to raise the state of practice and extend the confident use of time histories.  Noted researchers (as invited speakers) and those who create and/or use time histories (as presenters) will discuss elements and methodologies for determining and using time histories.  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 uncertainty.  Authors are encouraged to present time histories for different Central U.S. regional locations or cities.  A compact disc may be created of the proceedings.  

            Intraplate earthquake time histories are a controversial topic, particularly compared to western U.S. evaluations (a plate margin with many more applicable events and recordings).  New Madrid Seismic Zone's and other sources' intraplate seismicity, attenuation, spectra, and local site conditions pose difficult issues concerning unique Central U.S. properties, methodologies, and their accuracies.  This is an extremely important topic as the Bicentennial approaches for the Great New Madrid Series of earthquakes in 1811 and 1812.  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the University of Memphis' Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI) are strongly supporting the conference.  

Several different practice areas play important roles in the development of time histories.  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.  The design community depends upon proper time histories.  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.  There are also the broader implications for world-wide intraplate regions.  

            The key presenters are: Gail Atkinson (University of Western Ontario), Characteristics of ground motions in inactive regions and associated constraints on time history methods; Martitia Tuttle (USGS, Memphis, TN), Geological Record of Ancient Earthquakes in the Central US; Rob Williams (USGS, Golden, CO), Shear-wave velocity structure in the Central US; Dominic Assimaki (Georgia Tech), Nonlinear site response in ground motion predictions; Jack Baker (Stanford University), Active Region Time History Selection/Generation Approaches; Chris Cramer (CERI, University of Memphis), Central & Eastern US Time History Selection/Generation Approaches; and, Reginald DesRoches (Georgia Tech), Engineering Applications and Issues for the Central US. 

            Please make your plans to attend and to provide an abstract for a poster or presentation.  Abstracts for presentations or posters are invited by May 11, 2009.  The cost of the Shlemon Specialty Conference and the hotel are very reasonable for attendees relative to other meetings.   

Registration, abstract submission and preliminary program information are available at www.aegweb.org.  A flyer/registration form is attached.  If you have any questions, please contact Julie Keaton (aegjuliek at aol.com), Oliver Boyd (olboyd at usgs.gov) or Greg Hempen (Greg_Hempen at urscorp.com).  


Submitted by Greg Hempen, PhD, PE, RG 
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