SCEC Award Number 25340 View PDF
Proposal Category Community Workshop
Proposal Title California Statewide Geologic Framework and Community Thermal Models (GFM/CTM) Workshop
Investigator(s)
Name Organization
Michael Oskin University of California, Davis Andrew Zuza University of Nevada, Reno Terry Lee University of Nevada, Reno Laurent Montesi University of Maryland Oliver Boyd United States Geological Survey Yuehua Zeng United States Geological Survey
SCEC Milestones B3-1 SCEC Groups CEM, SDOT, Geodesy
Report Due Date 09/15/2025 Date Report Submitted 11/14/2025
Project Abstract
 Developing Community Earth Models (CEMs) constitutes a major Statewide California Earthquake Center (SCEC) activity. With the expansion of SCEC Statewide, there is an urgent need to extend the geographical scope of these models as well. Among the CEM components, the Geological Framework Model (GFM) and Community Thermal Model (CTM) are foundational products on which other models like the Community Rheology Model (CRM) are built and constitute a crucial framework for the interpretation of velocity, geodetic, and stress models and measurements. The success of SCEC will be evaluated in part by its ability to extend these models and other CEM components to northern California. Here, we propose organizing a joint Geological Framework (GFM) and Community Thermal Model (CTM) workshop to take place at UC Davis immediately following the 2025 SCEC annual meeting with the objective of identifying critical datasets and organizing the community of volunteers working to update and extend these models to the entirety of California.
SCEC Community Models Used Community Rheology Model (CRM)
Usage Description This workshop provided a venue for community input into the geologic framework and thermal model components of the CRM.
Intellectual Merit Developing Community Earth Models (CEMs) constitutes a major Statewide California Earthquake Center (SCEC) activity. With the expansion of SCEC Statewide, there is an urgent need to extend the geographical scope of these models as well. Among the CEM components, the Geological Framework Model and Community Thermal Mode are foundational products of the Community Rheology Model. With this in mind, we convened a joint Geological Framework (GFM) and Community Thermal Model (CTM) workshop at UC Davis, CA, to identify critical datasets and organize the community of volunteers working to update and extend these models to the entirety of California.
Broader Impacts This workshop focussed on input to the community models, enhancing infrastructure for research and education. The workshop was open to the community and drew participants at all career levels and even remove participants online.
Project Participants See workshop report for a complete list of of participants and affiliations.
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