Norman A. Abrahamson
University of California, Berkeley
Adjunct Professor
Expertise: Ground motion, seismic hazard
About Me
Publications
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SCEC Participation
SCEC Advisory Council, Member (2014 - 2016)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
Pinilla Ramos, C., Abrahamson, N. A., Ben-Zion, Y., Sung, C., Bayless, J., & Graves, R. W. (2024, 09). Modeling of ground-motion amplitude saturation at large magnitudes and short distances. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13750
Pretell, R., Abrahamson, N. A., & Ziotopoulou, K. (2023). A borehole array data-based approach for conducting 1D site response analyses II: Accounting for modeling errors. Earthquake Spectra, 39(3), 1502-1533. doi: 10.1177/87552930231173443. SCEC Contribution 13360
Pretell, R., Abrahamson, N. A., & Ziotopoulou, K. (2023). A borehole array data-based approach for conducting 1D site response analyses I: Damping and Vs randomization. Earthquake Spectra, 39(3), 1473-1501. doi: 10.1177/87552930231173445. SCEC Contribution 13356
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
Bayless, J., & Abrahamson, N. A. (2023, 09). Informing Rupture Directivity Modeling with CyberShake Simulations. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12866
Lavrentiadis, G., Wang, Y., Abrahamson, N. A., Bozorgnia, Y., & Goulet, C. A. (2023). A Seismologically Consistent Surface Rupture Length Model for Unbounded and Width-Limited Events. Earthquake Spectra,. doi: 10.1177/87552930231205871. SCEC Contribution 12712
Pretell, R., Ziotopoulou, K., & Abrahamson, N. A. (2022). Conducting 1D site response analyses to capture 2D Vs spatial variability effects. Earthquake Spectra, 38(3), 2235–2259. doi: 10.1177/87552930211069400. SCEC Contribution 13361
Goulet, C. A., Lavrentiadis, G., Wang, Y., Abrahamson, N. A., & Bozorgnia, Y. (2022, 09). A Seismologically Consistent Model for Surface Rupture Length Capturing Unbounded and Width-Limited Events. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12515
Kuehn, N. M., Abrahamson, N. A., & Walling, M. (2018, 08). Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis in California Using Non-Ergodic Ground-Motion Prediction Equations. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8630
Caklais, A. H., Rood, D. H., Stirling, M. W., Madugo, C. M., Abrahamson, N. A., Wilcken, K., Gonzalez, T., Kottke, A. R., & Whittaker, A. C. (2018, 08). Earthquake hazard assessment evaluated by fragile geologic features in coastal Central California. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8482
Wooddell, K. E., Al Atik, L., & Abrahamson, N. A. (2018, 08). GMPE specific average velocity profiles for developing spatially-varying path coefficients. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8425
Bayless, J. R., & Abrahamson, N. A. (2018, 08). Implementing Inter-Period Correlations into SCEC BBP Simulations. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8362
Wooddell, K. E., & Abrahamson, N. A. (2017, 08). Methodology for Incorporation of 3-D Simulation Results into Non-Ergodic Ground-Motion Models for Central California. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7730
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
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
Kamai, R., Silva, W. J., & Abrahamson, N. A. (2014). Summary of the ASK14 Ground Motion Relation for Active Crustal Regions. Earthquake Spectra, 30(3), 1025-1055. doi: 10.1193/070913EQS198M. SCEC Contribution 8858
Harris, R. A., & Abrahamson, N. A. (2014). Strong ground motions generated by earthquakes on creeping faults. Geophysical Research Letters, 41(11), 3870-3875. doi: 10.1002/2014GL060228. SCEC Contribution 2098
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
Hanks, T. C., Abrahamson, N. A., Baker, J. W., Boore, D. M., Board, M., Brune, J. N., Cornell, C., & Whitney, J. W. (2013). Extreme ground motions and Yucca Mountain. , : U.S. Geological Survey. doi: 10.3133/ofr20131245. SCEC Contribution 10143
Harris, R. A., Barall, M., Andrews, D. J., Duan, B., Ma, S., Dunham, E. M., Gabriel, A., Kaneko, Y., Kase, Y., Aagaard, B. T., Oglesby, D. D., Ampuero, J., Hanks, T. C., & Abrahamson, N. A. (2011). Verifying a computational method for predicting extreme ground motion. Seismological Research Letters, 82(5), 638-644. doi: 10.1785/gssrl.82.5.638. SCEC Contribution 1473
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
Last updated Sep 19, 2024.
