Engineering Seismic Case Histories

1. Browse and select a chapter from the COSMOS International Guidelines for Applying Noninvasive Geophysical Techniques to Characterize Seismic Site Conditions.

2. A. Pancha, S. K. Pullammanappallil, L. T. West*, J. N. Louie, and W. K. Hellmer, 2017, Large scale earthquake hazard class mapping by parcel in Las Vegas Valley, Nevada: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 107, no. 2 (April), 741-749, doi: 10.1785/0120160300.

3. Brady A. Flinchum*, John N. Louie, Kenneth D. Smith, William H. Savran*, Satish K. Pullammanappallil, and Aasha Pancha, 2014, Validating Nevada ShakeZoning predictions of Las Vegas basin response against 1992 Little Skull Mtn. earthquake records: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 104, no. 1 (Feb.), 439-450; first published online January 21; doi: 10.1785/0120130059.

4. Michael L. Rucker, David K. Fadling, Kenneth C. Fergason, and Sean Hulburt, 2013, Refraction Microtremor characterization of a landslide, SR 14, Cedar Canyon, Utah: Proceedings of the ASCE Geo-Congress 2013, 196-210, doi: 10.1061/9780784412787.021 (not in UNR Library- instructor's copy).

5. Zohar Gvirtzman and John N. Louie, 2010, 2D analysis of earthquake ground motion in Haifa Bay, Israel: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 100, 733-750, doi: 10.1785/0120090019.

6. S. Coccia, V. Del Gaudio, N. Venisti, J. Wasowski, 2010, Application of Refraction Microtremor (ReMi) technique for determination of 1-D shear wave velocity in a landslide area: Journal of Applied Geophysics, 71 , 71–89, doi: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2010.05.001.

7. Aasha Pancha, John G. Anderson, and John N. Louie, 2007, Characterization of near-surface geology at strong-motion stations in the vicinity of Reno, Nevada: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 97, 2096-2117.

8. Karastathis, V.K. Papamarinopoulos, St. P., 1997, The detection of King Xerxes' Canal by the use of shallow reflection and refraction seismics - preliminary results, Geophysical Prospecting, 45, no. 3, 389, doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.1997.3410266.x.

9. Ayers, 1989, Application and comparison of shallow seismic methods in the study of an alluvial aquifer: Ground Water, 27, 550, doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1989.tb01976.x (UNR Library does not have access to digital version; on paper GB1001 .G75 v.27 1989, request from MARS.)

10. Majer et al., 1988, Fracture detection using P-wave and S-wave vertical seismic profiles at The Geysers geothermal field: Geophysics, 53, 76-84, doi: 10.1190/1.1442401. (Search for the journal Geophysics at library.unr.edu and then search the online archive for volume 53, issue 1, page 76 to be able to get a no-cost article PDF.)

11. Kilty et al., 1986, Seismic refraction at Horse Mesa Dam: an application of the generalized reciprocal method: Geophysics, 51, 266-275, doi: 10.1190/1.1442086 (Search for the journal Geophysics at library.unr.edu and then search the online archive for volume 51, issue 2, page 266 to be able to get a no-cost article PDF.)

12. Mohamed et al., 2013, Site-specific shear wave velocity investigation for geotechnical engineering applications using seismic refraction and 2D multi-channel analysis of surface waves: NRIAG Journal of Astronomy and Geophysics, 2(1), 88-101, doi: 10.1016/j.nrjag.2013.06.012. (Open access)

13. Xia, J., Miller, R. D., Park, C. B., Hunter, J. A., & Harris, J. B. (2000). Comparing shear-wave velocity profiles from MASW with borehole measurements in unconsolidated sediments, Fraser River Delta, BC, Canada. Journal of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics, 5(3), 1-13. (Open access- if FTP link doesn't work, get instructor's copy.)