Kim B. Olsen
SDSU
Professor
Expertise: Strong ground motion estimation 3D finite differences modeling Earthquake dynamics non-linear soil response site amplification visualization
About Me
Publications
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SCEC Science Planning Committee, Group Co-Leader (2009 - 2011)
SCEC Mentor (1995, 1997, 2000)
SCEC Participation
Current Roles
SCEC Proposal Review Committee, Member (2024 - Present)Past Roles
SCEC Science Planning Committee, Group Leader (2012 - 2016)SCEC Science Planning Committee, Group Co-Leader (2009 - 2011)
SCEC Mentor (1995, 1997, 2000)
Zhou, Z., Gerstoft, P., & Olsen, K. B. (2023). 3D Multiresolution Velocity Model Fusion With Probability Graphical Models. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, (submitted). SCEC Contribution 13337
Taborda, R., Olsen, K. B., Graves, R. W., Silva, F., Khoshnevis, N., Savran, W. H., Roten, D., Shi, Z., Goulet, C. A., Bielak, J., Maechling, P. J., Cui, Y., & Jordan, T. H. (2018, 06). High-frequency simulations: Verification and validation of the M5.1 La Habra, CA, earthquake. Oral Presentation at 11th National Conference in Earthquake Engineering. SCEC Contribution 7990
Maechling, P. J., Gill, D., Taborda, R., Shaw, J. H., Plesch, A., Olsen, K. B., Callaghan, S., Jordan, T. H., & Goulet, C. A. (2018, 06). The SCEC UCVM Software Framework for Distributing and Querying Seismic Velocity Models. Poster Presentation at 11th National Conference in Earthquake Engineering. SCEC Contribution 7989
Cui, Y., Olsen, K. B., Zhu, J., Day, S. M., Maechling, P. J., Dalguer, L. A., Kaiser, T. H., Jordan, T. H., Chourasia, A., & Moore, R. W. (2008). SCEC ShakeOut Simulations: Dynamic Source Effects. Oral Presentation at 2008 TeraGrid Conference. SCEC Contribution 1191
Xu, K., & Olsen, K. B. (2024, 09). 3D Broadband (0-25 Hz) Ground Motion Simulations for Statewide California. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13881
Olsen, K. B., & Yeh, T. (2024, 09). Topography and Low-velocity Taper Improve Accuracy of 0-1 Hz Wave Propagation Simulations in the San Francisco Community Velocity Model (SFCVM). Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13816
Callaghan, S., Maechling, P. J., Silva, F., Goulet, C. A., Milner, K. R., Su, M., Meng, X., Pinilla Ramos, C., Olsen, K. B., Graves, R. W., Abrahamson, N. A., Kottke, A. R., Vahi, K., Deelman, E., Jordan, T. H., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2024, 09). Updates to CyberShake Physics-Based PSHA for Northern California. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13798
Yeh, T., & Olsen, K. B. (2024, 09). Waveguide or not? Revised ground motion simulations for greater Los Angeles from the M7.8 ShakeOut earthquake scenario. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13769
Yeh, T., & Olsen, K. (2024). Waveguide or Not? Revised Ground Motion Simulations for Greater Los Angeles From the M7.8 ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario. Seismological Research Letters,. doi: 10.1785/0220240242. SCEC Contribution 13577
Zhou, Z., Gerstoft, P., & Olsen, K. (2024). Graph-learning approach to combine multiresolution seismic velocity models. Geophysical Journal International, 238(3), 1353-1365. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggae212. SCEC Contribution 13436
Roten, D., Yeh, T., Olsen, K. B., Day, S. M., & Cui, Y. (2023). Implementation of Iwan-Type Nonlinear Rheology in a 3D High-Order Staggered-Grid Finite-Difference Method. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America,. doi: 10.1785/0120230011. SCEC Contribution 13305
Zhou, Z., Olsen, K. B., & Gerstoft, P. (2023, 09). Fusion of Multiresolution Seismic Tomography Maps Using Physics-informed Probability Graphical Models. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13244
Xu, K., & Olsen, K. B. (2023, 09). 3D nonlinear multi-surface simulations of the 2020 Magna, UT, earthquake sequence. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13239
Callaghan, S., Maechling, P. J., Silva, F., Milner, K. R., Olsen, K. B., Graves, R. W., Goulet, C. A., Vahi, K., Deelman, E., Kottke, A. R., Cui, Y., Jordan, T. H., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2023, 09). Recent Enhancements to the CyberShake PSHA Platform. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13216
Olsen, K. B., Yeh, T., & Steidl, J. H. (2023, 09). Analysis of anomalously large high-frequency amplification in Chugiak, AK, from the 2018 Anchorage earthquake and aftershocks. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13214
Patel, A., Olsen, K. B., Yeh, T., & Custodio, S. (2023, 09). 3D ground motion simulations for the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13190
Yeh, T., & Olsen, K. B. (2023, 09). Calibration of near-surface velocities in the greater Los Angeles area. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13164
Yeh, T., & Olsen, K. B. (2023). Fault damage zone effects on ground motions during the 2019 Mw 7.1 Ridgecrest, CA, earthquake. Bulletin of Seismological Society of America, 1-15. doi: 10.1785/0120220249. SCEC Contribution 12727
Callaghan, S., Goulet, C. A., Silva, F., Maechling, P. J., Graves, R. W., Olsen, K. B., Yeh, T., Kottke, A. R., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2022, 04). Verification and validation of the broadband CyberShake platform using observations. Oral Presentation at 2022 Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12631
Callaghan, S., Milner, K. R., Goulet, C. A., Shaw, B. E., Maechling, P. J., Olsen, K. B., Graves, R. W., Vahi, K., Deelman, E., Jordan, T. H., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2022, 04). Non-ergodic PSHA using fully-deterministic physics-based models for Southern California. Oral Presentation at 2022 Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12630
Zhou, Z., Gerstoft, P., & Olsen, K. B. (2022, 09). Multi-resolution seismic tomography maps fusion with probability graphical models near the 2019 Ridgecrest area. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12558
Callaghan, S., Maechling, P. J., Silva, F., Goulet, C. A., Milner, K. R., Shaw, B. E., Olsen, K. B., Yeh, T., Graves, R. W., Vahi, K., Deelman, E., Kottke, A. R., Jordan, T. H., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2022, 09). Updates to the CyberShake PSHA Platform. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12504
Xu, K., Roten, D., & Olsen, K. B. (2022, 09). 3D Deterministic Ground Motion Simulations up to 5Hz: Calibration, Validation, and Application of a Seismic Velocity Model in Peru-Chile Coastal Regions. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12316
Yeh, T., & Olsen, K. B. (2022, 09). Data-constrained fault zone structure improves 0-3 Hz deterministic ground motion predictions for the 2019 M7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12257
Callaghan, S., Goulet, C. A., Silva, F., Maechling, P. J., Graves, R. W., O'Reilly, O., Olsen, K. B., Kottke, A. R., Ben-Zion, Y., & Yeh, T. (2021, 12). Verification and validation of the broadband CyberShake platform. Oral Presentation at 2021 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12632
Zhou, Z., Bianco, M., Gerstoft, P., & Olsen, K. (2021). High‐Resolution Imaging of Complex Shallow Fault Zones Along the July 2019 Ridgecrest Ruptures. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(1). doi: 10.1029/2021GL095024. SCEC Contribution 11761
Roten, D., Olsen, K. B., Day, S. M., & Cui, Y. (2021, 08). Verification of Iwan-type Plasticity in the Discontinuous-Mesh GPU-powered Wave Propagation Code AWP. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11636
Yeh, T., & Olsen, K. B. (2021, 08). 3D wave propagation simulations of the 2019 M7.1 Ridgecrest, CA, Earthquake. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11626
Zhou, Z., Bianco, M., Gerstoft, P., & Olsen, K. (2021, 08). High-resolution Ambient Noise Tomography of Shallow Fault Zones Along the July 2019 Ridgecrest Ruptures. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11573
Olsen, K. B., Hu, Z., & Day, S. M. (2021, 08). 0-5 Hz Deterministic 3D Ground Motion Simulations for the 2014 La Habra, California, Earthquake. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11512
Callaghan, S., Goulet, C. A., Silva, F., Maechling, P. J., Graves, R. W., O'Reilly, O., Olsen, K. B., Yeh, T., Kottke, A. R., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2021, 08). Verification of the broadband CyberShake platform. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11384
Hu, Z., Olsen, K. B., & Day, S. M. (2021, 08). Calibration of the Near-surface Seismic Structure in the SCEC Community Velocity Model Version 4. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11298
O'Reilly, O., Yeh, T., Olsen, K. B., Hu, Z., Breuer, A. N., Roten, D., & Goulet, C. A. (2021). A High-Order Finite-Difference Method on Staggered Curvilinear Grids for Seismic Wave Propagation Applications with Topography. Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 112(1), 3-22. SCEC Contribution 11159
Wang, N., Olsen, K. B., & Day, S. M. (2021). A frequency-dependent ground-motion spatial correlation model of within-event residuals for Fourier amplitude spectra. Earthquake Spectra, 37(3), 2041-2065. doi: 10.1177/8755293020981995. SCEC Contribution 10911
Hu, Z., Roten, D., Olsen, K. B., & Day, S. M. (2021). Modeling of Empirical Transfer Functions with 3D Velocity Structure. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 111(4), 2042-2056. doi: 10.1785/0120200214. SCEC Contribution 10885
Zhou, Z., Gerstoft, P., Bianco, M., & Olsen, K. B. (2020, 08). Machine Learning-Based Tomography of the Ridgecrest Region. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10701
Roten, D., Olsen, K. B., Day, S. M., & Cui, Y. (2020, 08). Simulation of Multi-surface Plasticity in the Discontinuous-Mesh GPU-powered Wave Propagation Code AWP. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10681
Hu, Z., & Olsen, K. B. (2020, 08). 3D 0-5 Hz Wave Propagation Simulations of the 2014 Mw5.1 La Habra Earthquake with Small-scale Heterogeneities, Q(f) and topography. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10609
Olsen, K. B., & Roten, D. (2020, 08). Deep Learning for Site Response Estimation from Geotechnical Array Data. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10585
Schmitt, J. F., Clements, T., Wang, N., Olsen, K. B., & Denolle, M. A. (2020, 08). Ground motion prediction using ambient seismic noise on a large-N array in the LA basin. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10579
Wang, N., Olsen, K. B., & Day, S. M. (2020, 08). A frequency-dependent spatial correlation model of within-event residuals for Fourier amplitude spectra. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10545
Yeh, T., & Olsen, K. B. (2020, 08). 3D wave propagation simulations of the 2019 M7.1 Ridgecrest, CA, Earthquake. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10511
Callaghan, S., Maechling, P. J., Goulet, C. A., Milner, K. R., Graves, R. W., Olsen, K. B., Silva, F., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2020, 08). Enhancing CyberShake simulations for engineering applications. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10463
Savran, W. H., & Olsen, K. B. (2020). Kinematic Rupture Generator Based on 3‐D Spontaneous Rupture Simulations Along Geometrically Rough Faults. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(10). doi: 10.1029/2020JB019464. SCEC Contribution 10083
Savran, W. H., & Olsen, K. B. (2019). Ground motion simulation and validation of the 2008 Chino Hills earthquake in scattering media. Geophysical Journal International, 219(3), 1836-1850. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggz399. SCEC Contribution 9936
O'Reilly, O., Breuer, A. N., Cui, Y., Goulet, C. A., Olsen, K. B., Roten, D., Thomas-Collignon, G., & Yeh, T. (2019, 08). Simulation of elastic waves in the presence of topography using a curvilinear staggered grid finite difference method. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9882
Callaghan, S., Maechling, P. J., Goulet, C. A., Milner, K. R., Su, M., Graves, R. W., Olsen, K. B., Cui, Y., Aagaard, B. T., Wooddell, K. E., Kottke, A. R., Shaw, B. E., & Jordan, T. H. (2019, 08). New Advances in CyberShake PSHA Models. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9717
Yeh, T., & Olsen, K. B. (2019, 08). Numerical accuracy of staircase fluid-solid and free-surface boundary conditions for staggered-grid finite-differences. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9667
Wang, N., Takedatsu, R., Olsen, K. B., & Day, S. M. (2019, 08). Inclusion of Frequency-Dependent Spatial Correlation into the SDSU Broadband Ground-Motion Generation Method. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9643
Hu, Z., Roten, D., Olsen, K. B., & Day, S. M. (2019, 08). Modeling of Empirical Transfer Functions including 3D Velocity Structure. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9628
Roten, D., Olsen, K. B., Day, S. M., & Cui, Y. (2019, 08). An Iwan-type Plasticity Model for 3D Simulations of San Andreas Scenario Earthquakes. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9617
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
Jordan, T. H., Callaghan, S., Graves, R. W., Wang, F., Milner, K. R., Goulet, C. A., Maechling, P. J., Olsen, K. B., Cui, Y., Juve, G., Vahi, K., Yu, J., Deelman, E., & Gill, D. (2018, 06). CyberShake Models of Seismic Hazards in Southern and Central California. Oral Presentation at Eleventh U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. SCEC Contribution 8991
Bianco, M. J., Olsen, K. B., Gerstoft, P., & Lin, F. (2018, 08). Machine learning-based surface wave tomography of Long Beach, CA, USA. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8754
Callaghan, S., Maechling, P. J., Goulet, C. A., Milner, K. R., Su, M., Graves, R. W., Olsen, K. B., Aagaard, B. T., Wooddell, K. E., Kottke, A. R., Jordan, T. H., & Vidale, J. E. (2018, 08). A SCEC CyberShake Physics-Based Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Model for Northern California. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8752
Roten, D., Olsen, K. B., Day, S. M., & Cui, Y. (2018, 08). Implementation of Iwan-type Plasticity Model in AWP-ODC. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8731
O'Reilly, O., Breuer, A. N., Cui, Y., Goulet, C. A., & Olsen, K. B. (2018, 08). Towards topography in AWP-ODC. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8694
Maechling, P. J., Bielak, J., Callaghan, S., Cui, Y., Field, E. H., Goulet, C. A., Graves, R. W., Jordan, T. H., Milner, K. R., Olsen, K. B., Roten, D., Savran, W. H., Silva, F., Su, M., Taborda, R., & Vidale, J. E. (2018, 08). The SCEC Software Ecosystem for Earthquake System Science Research. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8582
Hu, Z., Roten, D., Olsen, K. B., & Day, S. M. (2018, 08). Kinematic Source Models for Earthquake Simulations with Fault-zone Plasticity. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8541
Clayton, R. W., Denolle, M. A., Olsen, K. B., Persaud, P., & Polet, J. (2018, 08). Basin Amplification Seismic INvestigation: tracking the propagation of waves from the San Andreas Fault to Los Angeles. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8333
Wang, N., Takedatsu, R., Olsen, K. B., & Day, S. M. (2018, 08). Implementing Inter-Frequency Correlations into the SDSU Broadband Ground Motion Method. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8292
Withers, K. B., Olsen, K. B., Shi, Z., & Day, S. M. (2018). Validation of Deterministic Broadband Ground Motion and Variability from Dynamic Rupture Simulations of Buried Thrust Earthquakes. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America,. doi: 10.1785/0120180005. SCEC Contribution 8071
Withers, K. B., Olsen, K. B., Day, S. M., & Shi, Z. (2018). Ground Motion and Intraevent Variability from 3D Deterministic Broadband (0–7.5 Hz) Simulations along a Nonplanar Strike‐Slip Fault. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America,. doi: 10.1785/0120180006. SCEC Contribution 8068
Harris, R. A., Barall, M., Aagaard, B., Ma, S., Roten, D., Olsen, K., Duan, B., Luo, B., Liu, D., Bai, K., Ampuero, J., Kaneko, Y., Gabriel, A., Duru, K., Ulrich, T., Wollherr, S., Shi, Z., Dunham, E., Bydlon, S., Zhang, Z., Chen, X., Somala, S., Pelties, C., Tago, J., Cruz-Atienza, V., Kozdon, J., Daub, E., Aslam, K., Kase, Y., Withers, K., & Dalguer, L. (2018). A suite of exercises for verifying dynamic earthquake rupture codes. Seismological Research Letters, 89(3), 1146-1162. doi: 10.1785/0220170222. SCEC Contribution 7960
Roten, D., Olsen, K. B., Day, S. M., & Cui, Y. (2017). Quantification of Fault-Zone Plasticity Effects with Spontaneous Rupture Simulations. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 174(9), 3369-3391. doi: 10.1007/s00024-017-1466-5. SCEC Contribution 8863
Nie, S., Wang, Y., Olsen, K. B., & Day, S. M. (2017). Fourth‐Order Staggered‐Grid Finite‐Difference Seismic Wavefield Estimation Using a Discontinuous Mesh Interface (WEDMI). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 107(5), 2183-2193. doi: 10.1785/0120170077. SCEC Contribution 7911
Maechling, P. J., Taborda, R., Olsen, K. B., Callaghan, S., Jordan, T. H., & Goulet, C. A. (2017, 08). Current Capabilities of the SCEC Unified Community Velocity Model (UCVM) Software Framework. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7847
Nie, S., Roten, D., Olsen, K. B., & Day, S. M. (2017, 08). Fourth-Order Staggered-Grid Finite-Difference Seismic Wavefield Estimation Using a Discontinuous Mesh Interface (WEDMI). Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7794
Savran, W. H., Olsen, K. B., & Day, S. M. (2017, 08). Generating 10 Hz deterministic broadband ground motions using kinematic source descriptions. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7732
Callaghan, S., Maechling, P. J., Goulet, C. A., Milner, K. R., Graves, R. W., Olsen, K. B., & Jordan, T. H. (2017, 08). CyberShake: bringing physics-based PSHA to central California. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7725
Wang, N., Roten, D., Olsen, K. B., & Pechmann, J. (2017, 08). Rupture Direction, Basin, Distance and Hanging-wall Effects on Ground Motions from M7 Earthquakes on the Salt Lake City Segment of the Wasatch Fault, Utah. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7692
Hu, Z., & Olsen, K. B. (2017, 08). Testing the Density of Seismic Networks with ShakeMap. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7690
Roten, D., Olsen, K. B., & Day, S. M. (2017, 08). Off-fault deformations and shallow slip deficit from dynamic rupture simulations with fault zone plasticity. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7661
Callaghan, S., Graves, R. W., Olsen, K. B., Cui, Y., Milner, K. R., Goulet, C. A., Maechling, P. J., & Jordan, T. H. (2017, 08). 10 years of CyberShake: Where are we now and where are we going with physics-based PSHA?. Oral Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7394
Roten, D., Olsen, K. B., & Day, S. M. (2017). Off-fault deformations and shallow slip deficit from dynamic rupture simulations with fault zone plasticity. Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 1-10. doi: 10.1002/2017GL074323. SCEC Contribution 7300
Savran, W. H., Olsen, K. B., & Day, S. M. (2017, 04). Kinematic Rupture Generator Based on 3D Rough Fault Dynamic Rupture Simulations. Poster Presentation at Seismological Society of America. SCEC Contribution 7278
Small, P., Gill, D., Maechling, P. J., Taborda, R., Callaghan, S., Jordan, T. H., Ely, G. P., Olsen, K. B., & Goulet, C. A. (2017). The SCEC Unified Community Velocity Model Software Framework. Seismological Research Letters, 88(5). doi: 10.1785/0220170082 . SCEC Contribution 2067
Olsen, K. B., & Takedatsu, R. (2016, 08). Next Generation SDSU BBP Module Validation. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6998
Callaghan, S., Maechling, P. J., Goulet, C. A., Vahi, K., Graves, R. W., Olsen, K. B., Milner, K. R., Gill, D., Cui, Y., & Jordan, T. H. (2016, 08). CyberShake Advancements: Broadband Seismograms and Central California Sites. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6874
Savran, W. H., & Olsen, K. B. (2016, 08). Kinematic source generation based on fractal fault geometries. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6864
Roten, D., Olsen, K. B., Day, S. M., & Cui, Y. (2016, 08). High-Frequency Nonlinear Simulations of Southern San Andreas Earthquake Scenarios. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6716
Cui, Y., Roten, D., Wang, P., Mu, D., Pearson, C., Withers, K. B., Savran, W. H., Olsen, K. B., Day, S. M., & Hwu, W. (2016, 08). Recent Improvements to AWP-ODC-GPU supported by Blue Waters PAID Program. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6711
Taborda, R., Olsen, K. B., Graves, R. W., Silva, F., Khoshnevis, N., Savran, W. H., Roten, D., Shi, Z., Goulet, C. A., Bielak, J., Maechling, P. J., Cui, Y., & Jordan, T. H. (2016, 09). Verification and Validation of High-Frequency (fmax = 5 Hz) Ground Motion Simulations of the 2014 M 5.1 La Habra, California, earthquake. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6475
Savran, W. H., & Olsen, K. B. (2016). Model for Small-Scale Crustal Heterogeneity in Los Angeles Basin Based on Inversion of Sonic Log Data. Geophysical Journal International, 205, 856-863. SCEC Contribution 6178
Takedatsu, R., & Olsen, K. B. (2016). Estimation of lateral variations of the Mohorovičić discontinuity using 2D modeling of receiver functions. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 106(2), 337-348. SCEC Contribution 6137
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
Lozos, J. C., Olsen, K. B., Brune, J. N., Takedatsu, R., Brune, R. J., & Oglesby, D. D. (2015). Broadband Ground Motions from Dynamic Models of Rupture on the Northern San Jacinto Fault, and Comparison with Precariously Balanced Rocks. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105(4), 1947-1960. doi: 10.1785/0120140328. SCEC Contribution 6072
Lozos, J. C., Oglesby, D. D., Brune, J. N., & Olsen, K. B. (2015). Rupture and Ground‐Motion Models on the Northern San Jacinto Fault, Incorporating Realistic Complexity. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105(4), 1931-1946. doi: 10.1785/0120140327. SCEC Contribution 6071
Withers, K. B., Olsen, K. B., & Day, S. M. (2015). Memory efficient simulation of frequency dependent Q. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105, 3129-3142. SCEC Contribution 6002
Shaw, J. H., Plesch, A., Tape, C. H., Suess, M., Jordan, T. H., Ely, G. P., Hauksson, E., Tromp, J., Tanimoto, T., Graves, R. W., Olsen, K. B., Nicholson, C., Maechling, P. J., Rivero, C., Lovely, P., Brankman, C., & Munster, J. (2015). Unified Structural Representation of the southern California crust and upper mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 415, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.016. SCEC Contribution 2004
Withers, K. B., Olsen, K. B., Shi, Z., & Day, S. M. (2014). High-Complexity Deterministic Q(f) Simulation of the 1994 Northridge Mw 6.7 Earthquake. Poster Presentation at 2014 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6049
Roten, D., Olsen, K. B., Day, S. M., Cui, Y., & Fäh, D. (2014). Expected seismic shaking in Los Angeles reduced by San Andreas fault zone plasticity. Geophysical Research Letters, 41(8), 2769-2776. doi: 10.1002/2014GL059411. SCEC Contribution 2102
Savran, W. H., & Olsen, K. B. (2014). Deterministic simulation of the Mw5.4 Chino Hills event with frequency-dependent attenuation, heterogeneous velocity structure and realistic source model. Seismological Research Letters, 85(2), 498. SCEC Contribution 2001
Roten, D., Olsen, K. B., Day, S. M., Cui, Y., & Fäh, D. (2014). Expected seismic shaking in Los Angeles reduced by San Andreas fault zone plasticity. Geophysical Research Letters, 41(8), 2769-2777. doi: 10.1002/2014GL059411. SCEC Contribution 2000
Olsen, K. B., & Takedatsu, R. (2014). The SDSU Broadband Ground Motion Generation Module BBtoolbox Version 1.5 . Seismological Research Letters, 86(1), 81-88. doi: 10.1785/0220140102. SCEC Contribution 1985
Baker, J. W., Luco, N., Abrahamson, N. A., Graves, R. W., Maechling, P. J., & Olsen, K. B. (2014). Engineering Uses of Physics-Based Ground Motion Simulations . Oral Presentation at Tenth U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. SCEC Contribution 1815
Scheitlin, T., Domingo, P., Olsen, K. B., Sarvan, W., Cui, Y., Poyraz, E., Maechling, P. J., & Jordan, T. H. (2013, 11). Simulated Wave Propagation for the Mw5.4 Chino Hills, CA, Earthquake, Including a Statistical Model of Small-Scale Heterogeneities. Poster Presentation at SC2013 Visualization Showcase. SCEC Contribution 2035
Savran, W. H., Olsen, K. B., & Jacobsen, B. H. (2013, 9). Statistics of velocity structure in the Los Angeles Area. Poster Presentation at SCEC Annual Meeting 2013. SCEC Contribution 1892
Roten, D., Olsen, K. B., Day, S. M., & Fäh, D. (2013, 9). The Shakeout earthquake scenario with plasticity. Poster Presentation at SCEC Annual Meeting 2013. SCEC Contribution 1891
Withers, K. B., Olsen, K. B., Shi, Z., Day, S. M., & Takedatsu, R. (2013). Deterministic high-frequency ground motions from simulations of dynamic rupture along rough faults. Seismological Research Letters, 84(2), 335. doi: 10.1785/0220130011. SCEC Contribution 1867
Roten, D., Olsen, K. B., Day, S. M., Dalguer, L. A., & Fäh, D. (2013). Large-scale 3-D Simulations of Spontaneous Rupture and Wave Propagation in Complex, Nonlinear Media. Seismological Research Letters, 84(2). SCEC Contribution 1863
Olsen, K. B., Savran, W. H., & Jacobsen, B. H. (2013). Ground motion prediction from low-velocity sediments including statistical models of inhomogeneities in Southern California basins. Seismological Research Letters, 84(2), 334. SCEC Contribution 1860
Cui, Y., Poyraz, E., Olsen, K. B., Zhou, J., Withers, K. B., Callaghan, S., Larkin, J., Guest, C., Choi, D., Chourasia, A., Shi, Z., Day, S. M., Maechling, P. J., & Jordan, T. H. (2013, 11). Physics-based Seismic Hazard Analysis on Petascale Heterogeneous Supercomputers. Oral Presentation at SC13. doi: 10.1145/2503210.2503300. SCEC Contribution 1753
Cui, Y., Olsen, K. B., Zhou, J., Small, P., Chourasia, A., Day, S. M., Maechling, P. J., & Jordan, T. H. (2012). Development and optimizations of a SCEC community anelastic wave propagation platform for multicore systems and GPU-based accelerators. Seismological Research Letters, 83(2), 396. SCEC Contribution 1851
Withers, K. B., & Olsen, K. B. (2012, 12). Correlation of peak dynamic and static coulomb failure stress with seismicity rate change after the M7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake. Oral Presentation at AGU Fall Meeting 2012. SCEC Contribution 1785
Lozos, J. C., Oglesby, D. D., Brune, J. N., & Olsen, K. B. (2012). Small intermediate fault segments can either aid or hinder rupture propagation at stepovers. Geophysical Research Letters, 39(8). doi: 10.1029/2012GL053005. SCEC Contribution 1662
Day, S. M., Roten, D., & Olsen, K. B. (2012). Adjoint analysis of the source and path sensitivities of basin-guided waves. Geophysical Journal International, 189(2), 1103-1124. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05416.x. SCEC Contribution 1535
Cui, Y., Olsen, K. B., Jordan, T. H., Lee, K., Zhou, J., Small, P., Ely, G. P., Roten, D., Panda, D. K., Chourasia, A., Levesque, J., Day, S. M., & Maechling, P. J. (2011). Scalable Earthquake Simulation on Petascale Supercomputers. Oral Presentation at 2010 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis. doi: 10.1109/SC.2010.45. SCEC Contribution 1507
Cui, Y., Olsen, K. B., Jordan, T. H., Lee, K., Zhou, J., Small, P., Roten, D., Ely, G. P., Panda, D. K., Chourasia, A., Levesque, J., Day, S. M., & Maechling, P. J. (2010). Scalable Earthquake Simulation on Petascale Supercomputers. Oral Presentation at SC10 International Conference for HPC, Networking and Analysis. doi: 10.1109/SC.2010.45. SCEC Contribution 1443
Olsen, K. B., & Mayhew, J. E. (2010). Goodness-of-fit Criteria for Broadband Synthetic Seismograms, With Application to the 2008 Mw5.4 Chino Hills, CA, Earthquake. Seismological Research Letters, 81, 715-723. SCEC Contribution 1430
Cruz-Atienza, V. M., & Olsen, K. B. (2010). Supershear Mach-Waves Expose the Fault Breakdown Slip. Tectonophysics, 493(3-4), 285-296. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.05.012. SCEC Contribution 1429
Bielak, J., Graves, R. W., Olsen, K. B., Taborda, R., Ramirez-Guzman, L., Day, S. M., Ely, G. P., Roten, D., Jordan, T. H., Maechling, P. J., Urbanic, J., Cui, Y., & Juve, G. (2010). The ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario: Verification of Three Simulation Sets. Geophysical Journal International, 180(1), 375--404. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04417.x. SCEC Contribution 1260
Mena Cabrera, B., Mai, P. M., Olsen, K. B., Purvance, M. D., & Brune, J. N. (2010). Broadband ground motion simulations for 7 TeraShake scenarios: constraints from precarious rocks. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 100, 2143-2162. SCEC Contribution 1200
Mai, P. M., & Olsen, K. B. (2010). Broadband Ground Motion Simulations Using Finite-Difference Synthetics with Local Scattering Operators. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America,(100), 2124-2142. SCEC Contribution 1199
Olsen, K. B., & Ely, G. P. (2009). WebSims: A Web-based System for Storage. Seismological Research Letters, 80, 1002-1007. doi: 10.1785/gssrl.80.6.1002. SCEC Contribution 1312
Olsen, K. B., Day, S. M., Dalguer, L. A., Mayhew, J. E., Cui, Y., Zhu, J., Cruz-Atienza, V. M., Roten, D., Maechling, P. J., Jordan, T. H., Okaya, D. A., & Chourasia, A. (2009). ShakeOut-D: Ground Motion Estimates Using an Ensemble of Large Earthquakes on the Southern San Andreas Fault With Spontaneous Rupture Propagation . Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L04304 1-6. doi: 10.1029/2008GL036832. SCEC Contribution 1255
Harris, R. A., Barall, M., Archuleta, R. J., Dunham, E. M., Aagaard, B. T., Ampuero, J., Bhat, H. S., Cruz-Atienza, V. M., Dalguer, L. A., Dawson, P. B., Day, S. M., Duan, B., Ely, G. P., Kaneko, Y., Kase, Y., Lapusta, N., Liu, Y., Ma, S., Oglesby, D. D., Olsen, K. B., Pitarka, A., Song, S., & Templeton, E. L. (2009). The SCEC/USGS Dynamic Earthquake Rupture Code Verification Exercise. Seismological Research Letters, 80(January/February 2009), 119-126. doi: 10.1785/gssrl.80.1.119. SCEC Contribution 1184
Cui, Y., Moore, R. W., Olsen, K. B., Chourasia, A., Maechling, P. J., Minster, J. B., Day, S. M., Hu, Y., Zhu, J., & Jordan, T. H. (2009). Towards Petascale Earthquake Simulations. Acta Geotechnica, 4(July), 79-93. doi: 10.1007/s11440-008-0055-2. SCEC Contribution 1114
Olsen, K. B., Day, S. M., Minster, J. B., Cui, Y., Chourasia, A., Okaya, D. A., Maechling, P. J., & Jordan, T. H. (2008). Spontaneous Rupture Simulations of Mw7.7 Earthquakes on the Southern San Andreas Fault. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 98, 1162-1185. doi: 10.1785/0120070148. SCEC Contribution 1148
Olsen, K. B., & Brune, J. N. (2008). Constraints from Precariously Balanced Rocks on Preferred Rupture Directions for Large Earthquakes on the Southern San Andreas Fault. Journal of Seismology, 12(2), 235-241. doi: 10.1007/s10950-007-9078-7. SCEC Contribution 1143
Olsen, K. B., & Stephenson, W. J. (2008). 3D Crustal Structure and Long-Period Ground Motions from a M9.0 Megathrust Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest Region. Journal of Seismology, 12(2), 145-159. doi: 10.1007/s10950-007-9082-y. SCEC Contribution 1142
Day, S. M., Graves, R. W., Bielak, J., Dreger, D. S., Larsen, S., Olsen, K. B., Pitarka, A., & Ramirez-Guzman, L. (2008). Model for Basin Effect on Long-Period Response Spectra . Earthquake Spectra, 24, 257-277. SCEC Contribution 1101
Cui, Y., Moore, R. W., Olsen, K. B., Chourasia, A., Maechling, P. J., Minster, J. B., Day, S. M., Hu, Y., Zhu, J., Majumdar, A., & Jordan, T. H. (2007). Enabling Very-Large Scale Earthquake Simulations on Parallel Machines . Advancing Science and Society through Computation:Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, 46-53. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-72584-8. SCEC Contribution 1115
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
Chourasia, A., Cutchin, S., Cui, Y., Moore, R. W., Olsen, K. B., Day, S. M., Minster, J. B., Maechling, P. J., & Jordan, T. H. (2007). Visual Insights into High-Resolution Earthquake Simulations . IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications: Discovering the Unexpected, 27(5), 28-34. doi: 10.1109/MCG.2007.138. SCEC Contribution 1085
Olsen, K. B., Day, S. M., Minster, J. B., Cui, Y., Chourasia, A., Faerman, M., Moore, R. W., Maechling, P. J., & Jordan, T. H. (2006). Strong Shaking in Los Angeles Expected From Southern San Andreas Earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters, 33(L07305). doi: 10.1029/2005GL025472. SCEC Contribution 961
Day, S. M., Bielak, J., Dreger, D. S., Graves, R. W., Larsen, S., Olsen, K. B., Pitarka, A., & Ramirez-Guzman, L. (2006). Numerical simulation of basin effects on long-period ground motion. Presentation at 8th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. SCEC Contribution 1075
Zhao, L., Jordan, T. H., Olsen, K. B., & Chen, P. (2005). Fréchet Kernels for Imaging Regional Earth Structure Based on Three-Dimensional Reference Models. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 95(6), 2066-2080. doi: 10.1785/0120050081. SCEC Contribution 963
Peyrat, S., & Olsen, K. B. (2004). Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion of the 2000 Western Tottori, Japan, Earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L05604. doi: 10.1029/2003GL019058. SCEC Contribution 760
Aochi, H., & Olsen, K. B. (2004). On the Effects of Non-planar Geometry for Blind Thrust Faults on Strong Ground Motion. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 161(11-12), 2139-2153. doi: 10.1007/s00024-004-2554-x. SCEC Contribution 721
Peyrat, S., Olsen, K. B., & Madariaga, R. (2004). Which Dynamic Rupture Parameters Can be Estimated From Strong Ground Motion and Geodetic Data?. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 161(11-12), 2155-2169. doi: 10.1007/s00024-004-2555-9. SCEC Contribution 720
Mikumo, T., Olsen, K. B., & Fukuyama, E. (2003). Stress-Breakdown Time and Slip-Weakening Distance Inferred from Slip-Velocity Functions on Earthquake Faults. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 93(1), 264-282. doi: 10.1785/0120020082. SCEC Contribution 696
Olsen, K. B., Day, S. M., & Bradley, C. (2003). Estimation of Q for Long-Period (>2 sec) Waves in the Los Angeles Basin. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 93(2), 627-638. doi: 10.1785/0120020135. SCEC Contribution 645
Marcinkovich, C., & Olsen, K. B. (2003). On the Implementation of Perfectly Matched Layers in a 3D Fourth-Order Velocity-Stress Finite-Difference Scheme. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(B5), 2276. doi: 10.1029/2002JB002235. SCEC Contribution 639
Fukuyama, E., & Olsen, K. B. (2002). A Condition for Super-shear Rupture Propagation in a Heterogeneous Stress Field. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 157(9), 2047-2056. doi: 10.1007/s00024-002-8722-y. SCEC Contribution 574
Spudich, P. A., & Olsen, K. B. (2001). Fault Zone Amplified Waves as a Possible Seismic Hazard Along the Calaveras Fault in Central California. Geophysical Research Letters, 28(13), 2533-2536. SCEC Contribution 622
Gottschaemmer, E., & Olsen, K. B. (2001). Accuracy of the Explicit Planar Free-Surface Boundary Condition Implemented in a Fourth-Order Staggered-Grid Velocity-Stress Finite-Difference Scheme. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 91(3), 617-623. doi: 10.1785/0120000244. SCEC Contribution 555
Peyrat, S., Olsen, K. B., & Madariaga, R. (2001). Dynamic modeling of the 1992 Landers earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106(B11), 26467-26482. SCEC Contribution 554
Madariaga, R., & Olsen, K. B. (2001). Earthquake Dynamics. In W. H. Lee, H. Kanamori, & P. C. Jennings (Eds.), International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology, (, pp. ) , : IASPEI SCEC Contribution 539
Madariaga, R., Peyrat, S., & Olsen, K. B. (2001). Rupture Dynamics in 3-D: a review. Annali di Geofisica, in Problems in Geophysics for the New Millenium, a collection of papers in honour of Adam Dziewonski, 89-110. SCEC Contribution 534
Olsen, K. B. (2001). Three-Dimensional Ground Motion Simulations for Large Earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault with dynamic and Observational Constraints. Journal of Computational Acoustics, 9(3), 1203-1215. doi: 10.1142/S0218396X01001273. SCEC Contribution 530
Olsen, K. B. (2000). Site Amplification in the Los Angeles Basin from Three-Dimensional Modeling of Ground Motion. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 90(6B), S77-S94. doi: 10.1785/0120000506. SCEC Contribution 546
Madariaga, R., & Olsen, K. B. (2000). Criticality of Rupture Dynamics in 3-D. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 157(11-12), 1981-2001. doi: 10.1007/PL00001071. SCEC Contribution 529
Alex, C. M., & Olsen, K. B. (1998). Lens-Effect in Santa Monica?. Geophysical Research Letters, 25(18), 3441-3444. SCEC Contribution 402
Madariaga, R., Olsen, K. B., & Archuleta, R. J. (1998). Modeling Dynamic Rupture in a 3D Earthquake Fault Model. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 88(5), 1182-1197. SCEC Contribution 384
Olsen, K. B., Madariaga, R., & Archuleta, R. J. (1997). Three-Dimensional Dynamic Simulation of the 1992 Landers Earthquake. Science, 278(5339), 834-838. doi: 10.1126/science.278.5339.834. SCEC Contribution 383
Olsen, K. B., & Archuleta, R. J. (1996). Three-Dimensional Simulation of Earthquakes on the Los Angeles Fault System. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 86(3), 575-596. SCEC Contribution 220
Olsen, K. B., Archuleta, R. J., & Matarese, J. (1995). Three-Dimensional Simulation of a Magnitude 7.75 Earthquake on the San Andreas Fault. Science, 270(5242), 1628-1632. doi: 10.1126/science.270.5242.1628. SCEC Contribution 229
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