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Xiaofeng Meng

Southern California Earthquake Center

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Expertise: Seismology, Ground Motions, Data Science

About Me Publications

Xiaofeng Meng is currently a research staff at SCEC. His work involves better understanding of the contributions from different variability components on ground motions through the removal of ergodic assumption. He uses CyberShake platform as testbed as it provides a controlled testing environment with large datasets. The results are then validated against NGA-West2 dataset and can be adopted by engineers in seismic hazard analysis applications. Xiaofeng also systematically investigates the dynamic triggering phenomenon at Cascadia volcanoes and geothermal fields in California. The project has potential to improve our understanding on key characteristics (e.g., tectonic regime, background seismicity, geothermal power production) that may control the various triggering phenomenon, such as immediate triggering, delayed triggering and non-triggering across different sites.

Xiaofeng Meng has a bachelor degree in physics from Beijing Normal University in China. Xiaofeng then earned his doctor degree in geophysics at Georgia Institute of Technology working on various earthquake triggering mechanisms. Before joining SCEC, he was a postdoc fellow at University of Washington and studied the seismicity under Mount St. Helens using an ultra-dense array.

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SCEC Staff (2022 - Present)

Past Roles

SCEC Postdoctoral Research Associate (2017 - 2022)
SCEC Mentor (2015, 2020)

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Meng, X., Graves, R. W., & Goulet, C. A. (2023, 09). Constraining Large Magnitude Earthquake Source and Path Effects Using Ground Motion Simulations. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12814

Meng, X., Goulet, C. A., & Graves, R. W. (2022, 09). Computing Path Effects of A Large Magnitude Event from Path Effects of Many Small Magnitude Events on The Same Rupture Plane. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12342

Lavrentiadis, G., Seylabi, E., Kuehn, N. M., Meng, X., Kottke, A. R., Bozorgnia, Y., & Goulet, C. A. (2022, 09). Development and Verification of Regression and Application Software Tools for Non-ergodic Ground-Motion Models . Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12299

Goulet, C. A., Meng, X., & Devine, S. C. (2021, 08). Database of Fragile Geologic Features from the Trona Pinnacles National Monument. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11542

Meng, X., Goulet, C. A., Milner, K. R., & Callaghan, S. (2021, 08). A Nonergodic Ground Motion Model in Southern California with Spatially Varying Coefficients Using a SCEC CyberShake Dataset. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11358

Donnellan, A., Suarez, J., Asimaki, D., Goulet, C. A., McPhillips, D., Meng, X., Devine, S. C., & Lyzenga, G. A. (2021). Toppling of Trona Pinnacles in the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence and subsequent M5.6 Aftershock of June 2020. Seismological Research Letters, (in preparation). SCEC Contribution 11006

Li, C., Peng, Z., Yao, D., & Meng, X. (2020, 08). Temporal Changes of Seismicity in Salton Sea Geothermal Field with Waveform-matched Catalog. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10642

Zuckerman, M. G., Amos, C. B., Madugo, C. M., Elliott, A. J., Kottke, A. R., Goulet, C. A., Meng, X., & Caplan-Auerbach, J. (2020, 08). Displaced rocks as an indicator of ground motion during the 4 July 2019 M6.4 Ridgecrest earthquake. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10624

Devine, S. C., Meng, X., Goulet, C. A., Donnellan, A., McPhillips, D., & Lyzenga, G. A. (2020, 08). Developing a Database for the Fragile Geologic Features at the Trona Pinnacles National Monument. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10571

Meng, X., Goulet, C. A., Milner, K. R., & Callaghan, S. (2020, 08). A Nonergodic Ground Motion Model in Southern California with Spatially Varying Coefficients Using a SCEC CyberShake Dataset. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10505

Donnellan, A., Goulet, C. A., Meng, X., Lyzenga, G. A., McPhillips, D., & Devine, S. C. (2020, 08). Database Development for the Trona Pinnacles Fragile Geologic Features. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10481

Goulet, C. A., Meng, X., Donnellan, A., & Lyzenga, G. A. (2019, 08). Survey of Damaged Tufa Pinnacles in Trona Following the 2019 M7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9867

Meng, X., Goulet, C. A., Milner, K. R., & Callaghan, S. (2019, 08). Fully Nonergodic Ground Motion Models in Central California Using NGA-West2 and SCEC CyberShake Datasets. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9597

Meng, X., Goulet, C. A., Milner, K. R., & Callaghan, S. (2018, 08). Preliminary Results on Fully Nonergodic Ground Motion Models in Central California Using NGA-West2 and SCEC CyberShake Datasets. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8612

Yao, D., Peng, Z., Daniels, C., & Meng, X. (2017, 08). Systematic Search for Repeating Earthquakes along the Central San Jacinto Fault. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7856

Yao, D., Peng, Z., Meng, X., Chen, X., Castro, R. R., & Deng, S. (2016, 08). Comprehensive Detection and Relocation of the 2010 Mw7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah Foreshock Sequence. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6757

Li, C., Peng, Z., Yao, D., Casey, B., & Meng, X. (2016, 08). Improved Understanding of Triggered Seismicity in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field with Waveform Matching Method. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6742

Meng, X., Goulet, C. A., Milner, K. R., Graves, R. W., & Callaghan, S. (2023). Comparison of Nonergodic Ground Motion Components from CyberShake and NGA-West2 Datasets in California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America,. doi: 10.1785/0120220049. SCEC Contribution 12616

Li, C., Peng, Z., Yao, D., Meng, X., & Zhai, Q. (2022). Temporal Changes of Seismicity in Salton Sea Geothermal Field due to Distant Earthquakes and Geothermal Productions. Geophysical Journal International,. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggac324. SCEC Contribution 12646

Meng, X., & Goulet, C. A. (2022). Lessons learned from applying varying coefficient model to controlled simulation datasets. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering,. doi: 10.1007/s10518-022-01512-x. SCEC Contribution 11847

Goulet, C. A., Wang, Y., Nweke, C. C., Tang, B., Wang, P., Hudson, K. S., Ahdi, S. K., Meng, X., Hudson, M. B., Donnellan, A., Lyzenga, G. A., Brandenberg, S. J., Stewart, J. P., Gallien, T., & Winters, M. A. (2021). Comparison of Near-Fault Displacement Interpretations from Field and Aerial Data for the M 6.5 and 7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence Ruptures. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America,. doi: 10.1785/0120200222. SCEC Contribution 11108

Brandenberg, S. J., Wang, J., Buckreis, T., Issa, O., Yeung, J., Lyda, A., Gallien, T. W., Kim, Y., Lucey, J., Delisle, M., Winters, M. A., Pierce, M., Stewart, J. P., Lyzenga, G., Donnellan, A., Hudson, M. B., Ahdi, S. K., Davis, C. A., Meng, X., Goulet, C. A., Hudson, K., Nweke, C. C., Wang, P., & Yi, Z. (2020). Ground Deformation Data from GEER Investigations of Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Seismological Research Letters, 91(4), 2024-2034. doi: 10.1785/0220190291. SCEC Contribution 10113

Peng, Z., & Meng, X. (2015). Increasing lengths of aftershock zones with depths of moderate-size earthquakes on the San Jacinto Fault suggests triggering of deep creep in the middle crust. Geophysical Journal International, 204(1), 250-261. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv445. SCEC Contribution 6179

Meng, X., & Peng, Z. (2015). Improved understanding of moderate-size earthquake sequences on the San Jacinto Fault and their relationship with deep creep. Seismological Research Letters, 86(2B), 659. SCEC Contribution 6035

Meng, X., & Peng, Z. (2014). Seismicity rate changes in the San Jacinto Fault Zone and the Salton Sea Geothermal Field following the 2010 Mw7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah Earthquake. Geophysical Journal International, 197(3), 1750-1762. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu085. SCEC Contribution 1814

Meng, X., Allman, S., Peng, Z., & Gilstrap, T. (2013). Hurricane Irene’s Impacts on the Aftershock Sequence of the 2011 Mw5.8 Virginia Earthquake. Seismological Research Letters, 84(2), 391. SCEC Contribution 1872

Meng, X., Peng, Z., Withers, K. B., Yu, X., & Hong, B. (2013). Systematic Search of Missing Earthquakes Near the Salton Sea Geothermal Field and San Jacinto Fault Around the 2010 Mw7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah Earthquake. Seismological Research Letters, 84(2), 391. SCEC Contribution 1871

Meng, X., Yu, X., Peng, Z., & Hong, B. (2012, 6). Detecting earthquakes around Salton Sea following the 2010 Mw7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake using GPU parallel computing. Oral Presentation at International Conference on Computational Science. doi: 10.1016/j.procs.2012.04.100. SCEC Contribution 1564

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