John G. Anderson
Nevada Seismological Laboratory, University of Nevada
Professor Emeritus
Expertise: Seismic hazard, strong motion
About Me
Publications
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SCEC Board of Directors, Core Institution Member (1998 - 2001)
SCEC Mentor (1999)
SCEC Participation
SCEC Science Planning Committee, Group Co-Leader (2002)SCEC Board of Directors, Core Institution Member (1998 - 2001)
SCEC Mentor (1999)
Anderson, J. G., Brune, R. J., Brune, J. N., & Biasi, G. P. (2017, 01). Wave Propagation and Source Models Compatible with Strong Motion Applications. Oral Presentation at 16 World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. SCEC Contribution 6266
Jordan, T. H., Anderson, J. G., Biasi, G., Campbell, K., Dawson, T., DeShon, H., Gerstenberger, M., Gregor, N., Kelson, K., Lee, Y., Luco, N., Marzocchi, W., Rowshandel, B., Schwartz, D., Shome, N., Toro, G., Weldon, R., Wong, I., & Abrahamson, N. (2023). Panel Review of the USGS 2023 Conterminous U.S. Time-Independent Earthquake Rupture Forecast. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 114(1), 572-607. doi: 10.1785/0120230140. SCEC Contribution 13329
Anderson, J. G., Haendel, A., Pilz, M., & Cotton, F. (2020, 08). A new model to explain the frequency-dependent decay of Fourier acceleration spectra at high frequencies. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10484
Biasi, G. P., Anderson, J. G., Brune, J. N., & Brune, R. J. (2019, 08). Ground Motion Prediction Constraints and Hazard Curve Evaluation in Southern California Using Precariously Balanced Rocks. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9853
Silva, F., Maechling, P. J., Goulet, C. A., Jordan, T. H., Graves, R. W., Olsen, K. B., Archuleta, R. J., Atkinson, G. M., Pitarka, A., Anderson, J. G., & Song, S. (2018, 06). Using the SCEC Broadband Platform for Strong Ground Motion Simulation and Validation. Poster Presentation at 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. SCEC Contribution 8994
Saxena, S., Anderson, J. G., & Motamed, R. (2017, 06). Incorporation of Site-Specific Attenuation Model using Kappa in Broadband Simulations. Oral Presentation at 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. SCEC Contribution 8936
Motamed, R., Saxena, S., & Anderson, J. G. (2017, 08). Using Spatial Variation of kappa to Develop Site-Specific Attenuation Model for Improved Broadband Simulations. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7495
Anderson, J. G., Biasi, G. P., & Wesnousky, S. G. (2017). Fault‐Scaling Relationships Depend on the Average Fault‐Slip Rate. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 107(6), 2561-2577. doi: 10.1785/0120160361. SCEC Contribution 7485
Brune, J. N., Anderson, J. G., & Brune, R. J. (2017, 08). Additional Interpretation of the Orientations of Precariously Balanced Rocks in the Band Between the San Jacinto and Elsinore Faults. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7455
Biasi, G. P., & Anderson, J. G. (2016). Disaggregating UCERF3 for site-specific applications. Earthquake Spectra, 32(4), 2009-2026. SCEC Contribution 7098
Anderson, J. G. (2016, 08). Towards Implementation of Multi-Segment Ruptures in the Broadband Platform: Composite Source Model. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6947
Motamed, R., & Anderson, J. G. (2016, 10). Incorporation of Local Site Effects in Broadband Simulations of Ground Motions: Case Study of the Wildlife Liquefaction Array. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6804
Brune, R. J., Anderson, J. G., Biasi, G. P., & Brune, J. N. (2016, 08). Toppling of PBRs Exposed to Ground Motions Estimated from the Composite Source Model of Earthquakes. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6745
Yagoda-Biran, G., Anderson, J. G., Miyake, H., & Koketsu, K. (2015). Between – Event Variance for Large “Repeating Earthquakes” . Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America,. SCEC Contribution 2086
Yagoda-Biran, G., & Anderson, J. G. (2015). Investigation of the ground-motion variability associated with site response for sites with VS30 over 500 m/s. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105(2A), 1011-1028. doi: 10.1785/0120140224. SCEC Contribution 2079
McBean, K. M., Anderson, J. G., Brune, J. N., & Anooshehpoor, A. (2015). Statistics of Ground Motions in a Foam Rubber Model of a Strike-Slip Fault. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105, 1456-1467. SCEC Contribution 2073
Anderson, J. G. (2015). The Composite Source Model for Broadband Simulations of Strong Ground Motions . Seismological Research Letters, 86(1), 68-74. doi: 10.1785/0220140098. SCEC Contribution 1997
Anderson, J. G., Biasi, G. P., & Brune, J. N. (2014). Precarious rocks: providing upper limits on past ground shaking from earthquakes. In M. Wyss (Eds.), Earthquake Hazard, Risk and Disasters, (, pp. 377-403) , : Elsevier doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394848-9.00014-6. SCEC Contribution 1910
Anderson, J. G., & Uchiyama, Y. (2011). A METHODOLOGY TO IMPROVE GROUND MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS BY INCLUDING PATH CORRECTIONS. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 101(4), 1822-1846. doi: 10.1785/0120090359. SCEC Contribution 1466
Anderson, J. G., Brune, J. N., Biasi, G. P., Anooshehpoor, R., & Purvance, M. D. (2011). Workshop Report: Applications of Precarious Rocks and Related Fragile Geological Features to U.S. National Hazard Maps. Seismological Research Letters, 82(3), 431-441. doi: 10.1785/gssrl.82.3.431. SCEC Contribution 10138
Anderson, J. G. (2010). Source and Site Characteristics of Earthquakes that Have Caused Exceptional Ground Accelerations and Velocities. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 100(1), 1-36. doi: 10.1785/0120080375. SCEC Contribution 1306
Purvance, M. D., Brune, J. N., Abrahamson, N. A., & Anderson, J. G. (2008). Consistency of Precariously Balanced Rocks with Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Estimates in Southern California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 98, 2629-2640. SCEC Contribution 1402
Anderson, J. G. (2004). Quantitative Measure of the Goodness-of-Fit of Synthetic Seismograms. Oral Presentation at 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. SCEC Contribution 767
Anderson, J. G. (2003). Strong Motion Seismology. London, : Academic Press. SCEC Contribution 640
Purvance, M. D., & Anderson, J. G. (2003). A Comprehensive Study of the Observed Spectral Decay in Strong-Motion Accelerations Recorded in Guerrero, Mexico. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 93(2), 600-611. doi: 10.1785/0120020065. SCEC Contribution 617
Anderson, J. G., Sucuoglu, H., Zeng, Y., & Su, F. (2002). Generation of Synthetic Strong Earthquake Ground Motions Using a Composite Source Model and Synthetic Green's Functions. Presentation at OECD/NEA Workshop on the Relations Between Seismological Data and Seismic Engineering. SCEC Contribution 700
Anderson, J. G., Brune, J. N., & Wesnousky, S. G. (2002). Physical Phenomena Controlling High-Frequency Seismic Wave Generation in Earthquakes. Presentation at 7th U. S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. SCEC Contribution 616
Lee, Y., & Anderson, J. G. (2000). Potential for Improving Ground-Motion Relations in Southern California by Incorporating Various Site Parameters. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 90(6B), S170-S186. doi: 10.1785/0120000509. SCEC Contribution 548
Lee, Y., Anderson, J. G., & Zeng, Y. (2000). Evaluation of Empirical Ground-Motion Relations in Southern California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 90(6B), S136-S148. doi: 10.1785/0120000508. SCEC Contribution 547
Ni, S., Anderson, J. G., Zeng, Y., & Siddharthan, R. (2000). Expected Signature of Nonlinearity on Regression for Strong Ground Motion Parameters. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 90(6B), S53-S64. doi: 10.1785/0119980079. SCEC Contribution 545
Anderson, J. G. (2000). Expected Shape of Regressions for Ground-Motion Parameters on Rock. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 90(6B), S43-S52. doi: 10.1785/0119960171. SCEC Contribution 544
Anderson, J. G., Sucuoglu, H., Erberik, M. A., Yilmaz, T., Inan, E., Durukal, E., Erdik, M., Anooshehpoor, A., Brune, J. N., & Ni, S. (2000). Implications for Seismic Hazard Analysis. Earthquake Spectra, 16(S1), 113-137. doi: 10.1193/1.1586150. SCEC Contribution 537
Anderson, J. G., Brune, J. N., Anooshehpoor, A., & Ni, S. (2000). New Ground Motion Data and Concepts in Seismic Hazard Analysis. Current Science, 79(9), 1278-1290. SCEC Contribution 532
Anderson, J. G., & Brune, J. N. (1999). Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis without the Ergodic Assumption. Seismological Research Letters, 70(1), 19-28. SCEC Contribution 451
Su, F., Anderson, J. G., & Zeng, Y. (1998). Study of Weak and Strong Ground Motion Including Nonlinearity from the Northridge, California, Earthquake Sequence. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 88(6), 1141-1425. SCEC Contribution 439
Field, E. H., Kramer, S., Elgamal, A., Bray, J., Matasovic, N., Johnson, P., Cramer, C., Roblee, C., Wald, D. J., Bonilla, L., & Anderson, J. G. (1998, 05). Nonlinear Site Response: Where We're At. Poster Presentation at VIIth International Symposium on the Observations of the Continental Crust through Drilling. SCEC Contribution 427
Lee, Y., Zeng, Y., & Anderson, J. G. (1998). A Simple Strategy to Examine the Sources of Errors in Attenuation Relations. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 88(1), 291-296. SCEC Contribution 411
Ni, S., Siddharthan, R., & Anderson, J. G. (1997). Characteristics of Nonlinear Response of Deep Saturated Soil Deposits. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 87(2), 342-355. SCEC Contribution 318
Anderson, J. G. (1997). Seismic Energy and Stress-Drop Parameters for a Composite Source Model. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 87(1), 85-96. SCEC Contribution 317
Zeng, Y., & Anderson, J. G. (1996). A Composite Source Model of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake Using Genetic Algorithms. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 86(1B, supplement), S71-S83. SCEC Contribution 245
Anderson, J. G., Wesnousky, S. G., & Stirling, M. W. (1996). Earthquake Size as a Function of Fault Slip Rate. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 86(3), 683-690. SCEC Contribution 244
Anderson, J. G. (1996). Predictability of Strong Motions from the Northridge, California, Earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 86(1B, supplement), S100-S114. SCEC Contribution 241
Anderson, J. G., Lee, Y., Zeng, Y., & Day, S. M. (1996). Control of Strong Motion by the Upper 30 Meters. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 86(6), 1749-1759. SCEC Contribution 224
Anderson, J. G., & Chen, Q. (1995). Beginnings of earthquakes in the Mexican subduction zone on strong-motion accelerograms. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 85(4), 1107-1115. SCEC Contribution 44
Anderson, J. G., & Chen, Q. (1995). Beginnings of Earthquakes in the Mexican Subduction Zone on Strong-Motion Accelerograms. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 85(4), 1107-1115. SCEC Contribution 243
Yu, G., Khattri, K. N., Anderson, J. G., Brune, J. N., & Zeng, Y. (1995). Strong Ground Motion from the Uttarkashi, Himalaya, India Earthquake: Comparison of Observations with Synthetics Using the Composite Source Model. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 85(1), 31-50. SCEC Contribution 240
Zeng, Y., Anderson, J. G., & Su, F. (1995). Variable Rake and Scattering Effects in Realistic Strong Ground Motion Simulation. Geophysical Research Letters, 22(1), 17-20. SCEC Contribution 190
Zeng, Y., & Anderson, J. G. (1994). A Composite Source Model for Computing Realistic Synthetic Ground Motions. Geophysical Research Letters, 21(8), 725-728. SCEC Contribution 189
Khattri, K., Zeng, Y., Anderson, J. G., & Brune, J. N. (1994). Inversion of Strong Motion Waveforms for Source Slip Function of 1991 Uttarkashi Earthquake, Himalaya. Journal of Himalayan Geology, 5(2), 163-191. SCEC Contribution 115
Guang, Y., Anderson, J. G., & Siddharthan, R. (1993). On the Characteristics of Nonlinear Soil Response. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 83(1), 218-244. SCEC Contribution 48
Last updated Sep 19, 2024.
