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Paul G. Somerville

AECOM
Principal Seismologist

Expertise: Engineering Seismology
 
 
About Me Publications
Hosseini, M., Somerville, P. G., Skarlatoudis, A., Bayless, J. R., & Thio, H. (2016, 07). Shear Wave Velocities in the Central Eastern United States. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6379
Bayless, J. R., Somerville, P. G., Skarlatoudis, A., Silva, F., & Abrahamson, N. A. (2016, 07). Inter-Period Correlations of SCEC Broadband Platform Fourier Amplitudes and Response Spectra. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6329
Ramirez-Guzman, L., Graves, R. W., Olsen, K. B., Boyd, O. S., Cramer, C., Hartzell, S., Ni, S., Somerville, P. G., Williams, R., & Zhong, J. (2015). Ground‐Motion Simulations of 1811–1812 New Madrid Earthquakes, Central United States. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105(4), 1961-1988. doi: 10.1785/0120140330. SCEC Contribution 6073
Goulet, C. A., Abrahamson, N. A., Somerville, P. G., & Wooddell, K. E. (2015). The SCEC Broadband Platform Validation Exercise: Methodology for Code Validation in the Context of Seismic-Hazard Analyses. Seismological Research Letters, 86(1), 17-26. doi: 10.1785/0220140104. SCEC Contribution 6070
Song, S., & Somerville, P. G. (2010). Physics-based earthquake source characterization and modeling with Geostatistics. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 100(2), 482-496. doi: 10.1785/0120090134. SCEC Contribution 2024
Song, S., & Somerville, P. G. (2010). Physics-based Earthquake Source Characterization and Modeling with Geostatistics. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 100, 482-496. doi: 10.1785/0120090134. SCEC Contribution 1300
Song, S., Pitarka, A., & Somerville, P. G. (2009). Exploring spatial coherence between earthquake source parameters. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 99, 2564-2571. SCEC Contribution 1248
Pitarka, A., Dalguer, L. A., Day, S. M., Somerville, P. G., & Dan, K. (2008). Numerical study of ground motion differences between buried and surface-rupturing earthquakes. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 99, 1521-1537. doi: 10.1785/0120080193. SCEC Contribution 1317
Somerville, P. G., Graves, R. W., Day, S. M., & Olsen, K. B. (2007). Ground Motion Environment of the Los Angeles Region. The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, 15(5), 483-494. doi: 10.1002/tal.377. SCEC Contribution 1097
Somerville, P. G., & Pitarka, A. (2006). Differences in earthquake source and ground motion characteristics between surface and buried earthquakes.. Presentation at 8th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. SCEC Contribution 1612
Somerville, P. G., Collins, N., Graves, R. W., Pitarka, A., Silva, W., & Zeng, Y. (2006). Simulation of Ground Motion Scaling Characteristics for the Next Generation Attenuation Project. . Presentation at 8th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. SCEC Contribution 1611
Graves, R. W., & Somerville, P. G. (2006). Broadband Ground Motion Simulations for Scenario Ruptures of the Puente Hills Fault. Presentation at 8th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. SCEC Contribution 1043
Saikia, C., & Somerville, P. G. (2000). Ground motion characteristics and time histories in nearby urban centers from postulated large earthquakes (Mw>7) on the Santa Monica Mountain fault system. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 88, 1-60. SCEC Contribution 499

Last updated Jul 17, 2017.