Recent
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Journal Papers
 Abrahamson, N and W. Silva, "Summary of the Abrahamson & Silva NGA Ground-Motion Relations," Earthquake Spectra, February 2008, Vol. 24, pp. 67-97, doi: 10.1193/1.2924360.
Abrahamson, N., G. Atkinson, D. Boore, Y. Bozorgnia and K. Campbell, B. Chiou, I.M. Idriss, W. Silva, and R. Youngs, "Comparisons of the NGA Ground-Motion Relations," Earthquake Spectra, February 2008, Vol. 24, pp. 45-66, doi: 10.1193/1.2924363. Power, M., B. Chiou, N. Abrahamson, Y. Bozorgnia, T. Shantz and C. Roblee, "An Overview of the NGA Project," Earthquake Spectra, February 2008, Vol. 24, pp. 3-21, doi: 10.1193/1.2894833. Walling, M., W. Silva and Abrahamson, N., "Nonlinear Site Amplification Factors for Constraining the NGA Models," Earthquake Spectra, February 2008, Vol. 24, 243-255, doi: 10.1193/1.2934350. Bommer, J.J. and N. Abrahamson, Reply to "Comment on 'Why do Modern Probabilistic Seismic-Hazard Analyses often Lead to Increased Hazard Estimates?' by Julian J. Bommer and Norman A. Abrahamson" by Zhenming Wang and Mai Zhao, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, December 2007, Vol. 97, pp. 2215-2217. Bommer, J.J. and N. Abrahamson, Reply to "Comment on 'Why do Modern Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analyses often Lead to Increased Hazard Estimates?' by Julian J. Bommer and Norman A. Abrahamson" by Jens-Uwe Klugel, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, December 2007, Vol. 97, pp. 2208-2211, doi: 10.1785/0120070018. Strasser, F.O., J.J. Bommer and N. A. Abrahamson, "Truncation of the Distribution of Ground Motion Residuals," Journal of Seismology, December 2007, Vol. 12, pp. 79-105, doi: 10.1007/s10950-007-9073-z. Bommer, J.J. and N. Abrahamson, Review Article "Why do Modern Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analyses Often Lead to Increased Hazard Estimates?," Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, December 2006, Vol. 96, pp. 1967-1977, doi: 10.1785/0120070018. Boore, D. M., J. Watson-Lamprey and N. A. Abrahamson, "Orientation-Independent Measures of Ground Motion," Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, October 2006, Vol. 96, pp. 1502-1511, doi: 10.1785/0120050209. Watson-Lamprey, J. and N. Abrahamson, "Selection of Ground Motion Time Series and Limits on Scaling," Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, January 2006, Vol. 26, pp. 477-482, doi: 10.101/j.solidyn.2005.07.001. Hancock, J., J. Watson-Lamprey, N. Abrahamson, J. Bommer, A. Markatis, E. McCoy, and R. Mendis, "An Improved Method of Matching Response Spectra of Recorded Earthquake Ground Motions Using Wavelets," Journal of Earthquake Engineering, January 2006, Vol. 10, pp. 67-89, doi: 10.1142/S1363246906002736. Abrahamson, N.A. and J.J. Bommer, "Opinion Papers: Probability and Uncertainty in Seismic Hazard Analysis," Earthquake Spectra, May 2005, Vol. 21, pp. 603-607. Bommer, J.J., F. Scherbaum, H. Bungam, F. Coton, F. Sabetta and N.A. Abrahamson, "On the Use of Logic Trees for Ground Motion Prediction Equations in Seismic Hazard Analysis," Bulletin of the Seismological Soceity of America, April 2005, Vol. 95, pp. 377-389. Bommer, J.J., N. A. Abrahamson, F. O. Strasser, A. Pecker, P-Y. Bard, H. Bungum, F. Cotton, D. Fah, F. Sabetta, F. Scherbaum and J. Studer, "The Challenge of Defining Upper Bounds on Earthquake Ground Motions," Seism Res. Let., January 2004, Vol. 75, pp. 82-95. Conference Papers
Abrahamson, N.A., "Seismic Hazard Assessment: Problems with Current Practice and Future Developments," Proceedings, First European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2006, 17 pp. Strasser, F. O., J. J. Bommer and N.A. Abrahamson, "The Need for Upper Bounds on Seismic Ground Motion," Proceedings, 13th WCEE, Vancourver, Canada, August 2004, pp. 15. Technical Reports
Abrahamson, N.A. and J.J. Bommer, "Truncation of the Lognormal Distribution and Value of the Standard Deviation of Ground Motion Models in the Central and Eastern U.S." Electrical Power Research Institute, Report TR-1014381, August 2006, 70 pp. Hanks, T.C., N.A. Abrahamson, M. Board, M. Boore, J.N. Brune and C.A. Cornell, The Workshop on Extreme Ground Motions at Yucca Mountain, Report to DOE, , May 2005, pp. 1-32. Abrahamson, N.A., K.J. Coppersmith, M. Koller, P. Roth, C. Sprecher, G.R. Toro and R. Youngs, Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analyis for Swiss Nuclear Power Plant Sites (PEGASOS Project, Report to Unterausschuss Kernenergie (UAK) der Ueberlandwerke (UeW), August 2004, pp. 1-358.
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