Seismic shaking and tectonic deformation during strong earthquakes can trigger widespread
environmental effects. The severity and extent of a given effect relates to the characteristics …

Ground motions with strong velocity pulses are of special concern for structural engineers.
We describe an efficient and quantitative method to identify such ground motions. Previous …

While the liquefaction potential index (LPI) has been used to characterize liquefaction
hazards worldwide, calibration of LPI to observed liquefaction severity is limited, and the …

The applicability of foreign ground‐motion prediction equations (GMPE s) for predicting
geometric‐mean pseudospectral acceleration amplitudes from active shallow crustal …

Abstract In this study, Material Point Method (MPM) is improved to simulate coseismic slope
stability and liquefaction-induced embankment failure under earthquake loading. First, by …

The 2010–2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence began with the 4 September 2010, Mw7.
1 Darfield earthquake and includes up to ten events that induced liquefaction. Most notably …

Utilizing an unprecedented database of field and laboratory test data from Christchurch,
New Zealand, this study develops deterministic and probabilistic correlations relating the …

Earthquakes occurring over the past decade in the Canterbury region of New Zealand have
resulted in liquefaction case-history data of unprecedented quantity. This provides the …

The severity of liquefaction-induced ejecta manifestation for the 2010–2011 Canterbury
earthquakes was overestimated or underestimated using simplified liquefaction ground …

This paper provides an overview of the ground motion and seismic source aspects of the
Canterbury earthquake sequence. Common reported attributes among the largest …