Surface Fault Displacement Hazard Workshop - UC Berkeley Faculty Club - May 20-21 2009
Agenda
UC Berkeley - May 20-21, 2009
The presentations below are in PDF format
Wednesday, May 20
- 8:00-9:00
Breakfast, UC Faculty Club - 9:00-9:30
Welcome/Workshop Goals/Introductions: USGS, CGS, PEER
D. Schwartz, Surface Fault Displacement Hazard
T. Dawson, Introductory remarks - 9:30-10:30
The Lifelines View: Engineering and Infrastructure Needs/Issues
Katerina, Der Kiureghian, Response Spectrum Analysis of Bridges Crossing Faults
M. Merriam, Surface Rupture Information Needed for Bridge Design - 10:45-12:00
Real Faults in the Real World
Observations I: Surface Slip Distribution and Along-Strike Rupture Variability
Y. Klinger, IPGP, France (strike-slip faults)
D. Schwartz, USGS (strike-slip faults)
T. Rockwell, San Diego State University (strike-slip faults)
J. Bray, UC Berkeley (strike-slip faults, zone width)
- 12:15-1:15 - Lunch
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1:30-2:15
Surface Slip Distribution and Along-Strike Rupture Variability (continued)
J. Lienkaemper, USGS (creeping faults)
K. Kelson, William Lettis and Associates (thrust faults)
W. Lund, Utah Geological Survey (normal faults) -
2:15-4:30
Observations II: Complexity-- Zone Width, Secondary Traces, Bends and Steps
W. Bryant, CGS, (California AP: new issues)
J. Treiman, CGS (zoning for secondary faults: new issues)
R. van Dissen, GNS, New Zealand (NZ approach to faulting hazards)
R. Langridge, GNS, New Zealand (NZ thrusts)
D. Wells, AMEC Geomatrix, (Hayward fault and Memorial Stadium)
H. Savage, UC Santa Cruz (variability in width of zones)
T. Dawson (PEER study, fault bends and steps)
P. Somerville, URS (fault branching) -
4:30
An Intro to Tomorrow: Probability Models
R. Moss, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo - 4:45-5:30
Follow-up: Questions/Discussion
Thursday, May 21
- 8:00-9:00
Breakfast, UC Faculty Club -
9:00-10:45
Models I: Slip in Space and Time
S. Wesnousky, Univ. Nevada, Reno (shape of slip distributions)
G. Biasi, Univ. Nevada, Reno (shape of slip distributions)
S. Hecker, USGS (repeated displacement variability)
P. Somerville, URS (magnitude-area relations) -
10:45-12:00
Models II: Rupture Probability Models
R. Youngs, AMEC Geomatrix
M. Petersen, USGS
N. Abrahamson, PG&E
S. Thompson, WLA - 12:15-1:15 - Lunch
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1:30-2:45
Models II: Rupture Probability Models
M. Todorovska, USC
R. Chen, CGS
P. Thomas, URS
B. Aagaard, USGS
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3:00-4:30
The Next Steps.
Comment – Bill Cain (EBMUD)
Integrating infrastructure needs with present science. Application to all fault types worldwide. Refining input assumptions. Research directions. Transparency and review. Fault Displacement Working Group. Many other issues based on Workshop presentations.