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SCEC/ROSRINE Borehole Data Utilization Workshop

SCEC and the ROSRINE program will hold a 1-day workshop on Thursday, November 16, at the Riviera Resort in Palm Springs, CA. The workshop follows the 6th International Conference on Seismic Zonation, which ends on Wednesday, November 15th. The workshop will focus on the current status and use of borehole data, and the future directions for integration and operations of data from borehole arrays. The workshop is organized into three sessions. In the first session, several brief presentations will be made on the background and current status of the various borehole programs in California. The second session will focus on the current use and analysis of borehole data. The third session will be a discussion to answer specific questions related to the future directions for the borehole programs. These questions are listed in the preliminary workshop agenda enclosed below.

If you are interested in participating in this workshop, please look over the following agenda. If you are able to attend the workshop, please fill out the registration form below immediately.  In the next few weeks we will be revising the agenda based on feedback from intended workshop participants. While the topics listed for presentations have one or more names associated with them, if you would like to make a presentation and don't see your name, please contact Jamie Steidl via email (steidl@crustal.ucsb.edu). General feedback on the workshop agenda and focus should also be sent to Jamie Steidl.

There are limited resources to cover travel expenses for this workshop. The allocation of the travel support will be based on need and level of participation. The scheduling of this workshop to coincide with the 6ICSZ was intended to help reduce the travel expenses for those who are already in Palm Springs that week.

 

A SCEC/ROSRINE Workshop on Borehole Array Data Utilization

Riviera Resort, Palm Springs, CA
Thursday November 16, 2000 (following the 6ICSZ)
Revised Agenda 10/24/2000

8:00am Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:45am Introduction & Workshop Objectives (Steidl/Nigbor)

Background & Current Status Reports

9:00am   SCEC/Other Vertical array update (Steidl)
9:20am   USGS Vertical array update (Porcella)
9:40am   CSMIP Vertical array update (Graizer)
10:00am ROSRINE Field Investigations update (Nigbor)

10:20am Coffee Break

10:40am USGS Field Investigations update (Boore )
11:00am Laboratory Studies update-UCLA (Stokoe )
11:20am Pore Pressure array experiments (Steidl)
11:40am Pore Pressure Measurement (de Alba)

12:00pm Lunch Break (Sandwiches & Lunch Presentation)

Current Use of Borehole Data

1:00pm Results from past borehole arrays - Lotung (Elgamal)
1:15pm Recent results from vertical array data in Japan (Idriss)
1:30pm Recent results from Caltrans/CSMIP vertical arrays (Grazier)
1:45pm Site Response at Rock Sites from Borehole Data (Nigbor/Steidl )
2:00pm Small and alrge strain modeling at SCEC/ROSRINE sites (Steidl/Bonilla)
2:15pm Modeling vertical array data using system identification (Glaser/Baise)
2:30pm Bay area borehole network (Baise/Hutchings)
2:45pm The use of vertical array data (Silva)

3:00pm Coffee Break

3:14-5:00 Discussion Questions-Future of Borehole Studies

  • Blind prediction for low-strain data from one or more vertical arrays: a good idea?
  • Are the laboratory studies providing what is needed for the numerical modeling?
  • Vertical array ground motion data dissemination: How should we link geotechnical site characterization data with the ground motion time histories?
  • What are possible funding strategies for maintenance of existing vertical arrays?
  • Future vertical array installation priorities?

5:00pm Summary and conclusions

5:30pm Adjourn

6:30pm hosted Dinner (for those who are staying)




Registration Form

If you are planning to attend, please enter the information in the boxes provided, then click on "Submit" to e-mail your registration (BY OCTOBER 15TH.)

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