Earthquake Ground Motion Observation and Modelling

Dear Colleagues,

Earthquakes remain one of the greatest natural disasters for modern society. Therefore, realistic and robust ground motion modeling for future events is one of the most challenging problems in seismology and earthquake engineering. This topic includes the study of source effects (e.g., rupture directivity, complex source dynamics), fault characterization (slip-rate, fault length, fault throw, etc.), surface deformation studies (InSAR, PSInSAR, DInSAR), propagation ground motion phenomena (including atenuation, seismic energy channeling, scattering effects, seismic elastic and viscoelastic modeling, and inversion) due to complexity in Earth structure, and local site effects (site basin effects and 3D geological modeling, liquefaction, soil classifications, topographic effects, nonlinearity). We also solicit contributions on ground motion networks. The quantitative and reliable assessment of those phenomena requires monitoring from high-quality to low-cost dense seismic networks, as well as small to medium aperture seismic arrays and big data management and analysis.

Professor José Fernando Borges
Professor Bento Caldeira
Professor Mourad Bezzeghoud
Dr. João Carvalho
Dr. Alexandra Carvalho
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