[CEUS-earthquake-hazards] Reminder: Abstracts for CEUS Time History Conference are due Friday May 15th

[Oliver Boyd]

This is a reminder that abstracts for the time-history conference are due
Friday, May 15th. There are still some rooms available at the Fogelman, but
space is limited.

 

 

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 ( <mailto:Greg_Hempen at urscorp.com>
Greg_Hempen at urscorp.com).  

 

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