Summary: Development and validation of empirical ground motion prediction equations (GMPEs), with emphasis on New Zealand-specific models, intensity measures, directivity, directionality, and non-ergodic effects.
Bradley BA. A New Zealand-specific pseudo-spectral acceleration ground-motion prediction equation for active shallow crustal earthquakes based on foreign models. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 2013. Vol. 103, No 3, pp 1801-1822. (PDF) (link)
Bradley BA, Baker JW. Ground motion directionality in the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics. 2015, Vol 44, No 3, pp 371-384 (PDF) (link)
Bradley BA. Site-specific and spatially-distributed ground motion intensity estimation in the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2014. Vol. 48, pp 35-47. (PDF) (link)
Data: Ground motion data and models associated with the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes.