Extreme Ground Motion Project (EXGM)

The purpose of this project is seek physical limits on the amplitude of strong ground motion in rock, and is motivated by the issue of ground motion levels at very low probability levels at Yucca Mountain. This project is sponsored by DOE. The main SCEC discipline and focus groups that will work on this project are Geology – especially fault zone geology; Faulting and Mechanics of Earthquakes, and Ground Motion Prediction. This project is also discussed above within SHRA.