Analysis of Shallow Site Response to LARSE-2 Blasts at Precarious Rock Sites Near the San Andreas Fault

Funded $20000 for 1/01-1/02 by the Southern California Earthquake Center.
Funded $10000 for 6/00-5/01 by the Southern California Earthquake Center.
Funded $7008 for 6/99-5/00 by the Southern California Earthquake Center.

Research Products

• Abstracts submitted to:
  • Dec. 2001 AGU Fall Meeting
  • Feb. 2002 SAGEEP
• Refraction microtremor and optimization methods for site strength and earthquake hazard assessments: presented at Southern California Earthquake Center Ann. Mtg., Sept. 23-26, Oxnard, Calif. Abstract, 0.4 Mb Poster PDF, or 0.4 Mb Page-size Poster PDF.
• J. Louie, 2001, Shear-Wave Velocities to 100 meters Depth From Refraction Microtremor and Their Relation to ASTM Standards: presented at Seismol. Soc. Amer. Ann. Mtg., April 20, San Francisco.
• Final project report to SCEC as HTML or 2.3 Mb PDF.
• Summary of Shallow Velocity Data.
• 2000 SCEC Meeting poster by Abbott.
• 2000 SCEC Meeting poster by Louie.
• Proposal to SCEC 2000 Science Program.
• Progress report for 1999.

• Oct. 1999 RefTek records of LARSE 2 blasts and Hector Mine aftershocks at 6 hard- and soft-rock sites in the western Mojave.
• List of Oct. 1999 station locations and prominent events recorded.

• May 2001 USGS proposal PDF or Word
• Directory for May 2000 USGS proposal.

• Links for local access only. For a 3-CD set of Oct. 1999 data, please contact John Louie.
  • Directory of maps and analyses.
  • Directory for SCEC proposals.