| Monday 1/14/2008 |
| 8:00 | John Louie NSL, UNR louie-at-seismo.unr.edu | Introduction, thanks, and workshop objectives |
| Status of CVM efforts in Nevada |
| 8:20 | John Louie NSL, UNR louie-at-seismo.unr.edu | Crustal thickness in the northern Sierra and northern Nevada |
| 8:40 | John Anderson NSL, UNR jga-at-seismo.unr.edu | The need for accurate velocity models in Nevada network seismology
(Chuetsu animation)
(TeraShake animations: NW;
SE) |
| 9:00 | David von Seggern NSL, UNR vonseg-at-seismo.unr.edu | Joint seismic tomography/location inversion for the Reno-CarsonCity area
(Vp animations: E-W;
S-N) |
| 9:20 | Arthur Rodgers LLNL rodgers7-at-llnl.gov | 3-d models of the southern Great Basin, and shaking in Las Vegas
(Barnwell animation) |
| 9:40-10:20 | Break for coffee, workshop mechanics, and discussion |
| 10:20 | Barbara Luke UNLV barbara.luke-at-unlv.edu | Shear wave velocity profiling in Las Vegas valley |
| 10:40 | Aasha Pancha NSL, UNR pancha-at-seismo.unr.edu | Need for an accurate Reno velocity model to understand amplification in the Reno Basin |
| 11:00 | Chris Henry NBMG, UNR chenry-at-unr.edu | Three-dimensional geologic complexity of the Truckee Meadows basin from geologic mapping |
| 11:20 | Lee Liberty Boise State lml-at-cgiss.boisestate.edu | Case study for building a CVM: Geophysical characterization of the Hot Creek Valley, central Nevada |
| 11:40 | Morgan Moschetti U. Colorado, Boulder morganm-at-ciei.colorado.edu | Application of empirical Green's functions in the construction and validation of the Great Basin Community Velocity Model |
| 12:00-1:30 | Working lunch and discussion |
| 1:30 | John Louie NSL, UNR louie-at-seismo.unr.edu | The MA-CME modeling environment and initial scenario ground-motion computations for Reno and Las Vegas
(NV scenario animations) |
| USGS objectives, funding, internal & external projects, and collaborations |
| 1:50 | Jack Odum USGS odum-at-usgs.gov | The USGS and the development of the Nevada Great Basin Community Velocity Model |
| Status and results of Utah CVM |
| 2:10 | Harold Magistrale SDSU magistra-at-mail.sdsu.edu | The Wasatch Front CVM |
| Other CVM efforts- their advice |
| 2:40 | Robert Sydnor Engineering Geologist RHSydnor-at-aol.com | Applications of shear-wave velocity to the Building Code |
| 3:00-3:40 | Break for coffee and discussion |
| 3:40 | Chris Wills CGS Chris.Wills-at-conservation.ca.gov | Preparing maps of Vs30 based on geologic maps |
| 4:10 | Arthur Rodgers LLNL rodgers7-at-llnl.gov | The 1906 modeling effort, and lessons learned |
| 4:40 | Louie for G.R. Keller U. Oklahoma grkeller-at-ou.edu | Open Earth Framework: Building 3-d models via integration of geological and geophysical data |
| 4:50 | John Louie NSL, UNR louie-at-seismo.unr.edu | CVM efforts in Wellington, New Zealand |
| 5:00 | Questions, wrap-up, charge for Tuesday discussions |
| Tuesday 1/15/2008 |
| 8:00-9:40 | Discussion- What results do we need in a Nevada CVM for ground-motion prediction? Who will use the CVM, and how? |
| 9:40-10:20 | Break for coffee, workshop mechanics, and discussion |
| 10:20-12:00 | Discussion- How do we obtain the necessary data and results? What methods are cost-effective enough to be funded? What collaborations are needed? |
| 12:00-3:00 | Working lunch and discussion- Write and order Nevada CVM priorities for NEHRP RFP |
| 3:00 | Adjourn |
Feb. 11, 2008