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Di Alessandro, C., L. F. Bonilla, D. M. Boore, A. Rovelli, and O. Scotti (2011). Predominant-period site classification for response spectra prediction equations in Italy, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 101, (submitted). (3.0 Mb) [Revised version added 12 September 2011]
• An electronic supplement containing the coefficients of Eq. (1) as well as plots showing variances of H/V spectral ratios, dependence of intra-event residuals on distance and magnitude for a variety of periods, and comparison of our predicted spectra with respect to other global GMPEs is available from this link.

Boore, D. M. and E. M. Thompson (2012). Empirical improvements for estimating earthquake response spectra with random-vibration theory, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. (submitted). (1.2 Mb)

Boore, D. M. (2012). Updated determination of stress parameters for several well-recorded earthquakes in Eastern North America, Seismol. Res. Letters (submitted). (367 Kb)

Boore, D. M., A. Azari, and S. Akkar (2012). Using pad-stripped acausally filtered strong-motion data, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. (submitted). (651 Kb)

Stewart, J. P., N. A. Abrahamson, G. M. Atkinson, J. W. Baker, D. M. Boore, Y. Bozorgnia, K. W. Campbell, C. D. Comartin, I. M. Idriss, M. Lew, M. Mehrain, J. P. Moehle, F. Naeim, and T. A. Sabol (2011). Representation of bidirectional ground motions for design spectra in building codes, Earthquake Spectra 27 927-937. (731 Kb) [Published version added 09 September 2011]

Boore, D. M., E. M. Thompson, and H. Cadet (2011). Regional correlations of VS30 and velocities averaged over depths less than and greater than 30 m, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 101, (in press). (992 Kb) [Revised 15 July 2011]
• An electronic supplement giving estimates of VS30 at K-NET stations can be obtained from this link. [Revised 13 May 2011]

Kaklamanos, J., D. M. Boore , E. M. Thompson, and K. W. Campbell (2010). Implementation of the Next Generation Attenuation (NGA) Ground-Motion Prediction Equations in Fortran and R, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1296 . (2.2 Mb)
• The programs and coefficient files can be obtained from the NGA_GM_TMR section on the online_software link.

Kaklamanos, J., L. G. Baise, and D. M. Boore (2011). Estimating unknown input parameters when implementing the NGA ground-motion prediction equations in engineering practice, Earthquake Spectra (in press). (501 Kb)

Atkinson, G. M.. and D. M. Boore (2011). Modifications to existing ground-motion prediction equations in light of new data, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 101, 1121-1135. (1.2 Mb)

Douglas, J. and D. M. Boore (2011). High-frequency filtering of strong-motion records, Bull. Earthquake Engineering 9 395--409. (862 Kb) [Published version added 16 March 2011]

Boore, D. M., K. W. Campbell, and G. M. Atkinson (2010). Determination of stress parameters for eight well-recorded earthquakes in eastern North America, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 100, 1632-1645. (974 Kb)

Boore, D. M. (2010). Orientation-independent, non geometric-mean measures of seismic intensity from two horizontal components of motion, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 100, 1830-1835. (503 KB)

Boore, D. M. (2010). Ground-motion prediction equations (GMPEs) from a global dataset: The PEER NGA equations, Proceedings, 2nd Euro-Mediterranean Meeting on Accelerometric Data Exchange and Archiving , Ankara, Turkey, 10--12 November, 2009 (in press). (407 KB)

Boore, D. M. (2010). TSPP---A Collection of FORTRAN Programs for Processing and Manipulating Time Series, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1111 (Revision 2.1), (2.3 Mb) [Updated on 20 January 2010]
• The programs and data can be obtained from the online_software link.

Atkinson, G. M., D. M. Boore, K. Assatourians, K. Campbell and D. Motazedian (2009). A guide to differences between stochastic point-source and stochastic finite-fault simulations, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 99, 3192-3201. (600 Kb)

Boore, D. M. (2009). Comparing stochastic point-source and finite-source ground-motion simulations: SMSIM and EXSIM, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 99, 3202-3216. (1.1 MB)

Akkar, S., and D. M. Boore (2009). On baseline corrections and uncertainty in response spectra for baseline variations commonly encountered in digital accelerograph records, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 99, 1671--1690. (1.4 Mb)

Boore, D. M., A. Skarlatoudis, B. Margaris, C. Papazachos, and C. Ventouzi, (2009). Along-arc and back-arc attenuation, site response, and source spectrum for the intermediate-depth 8 January 2006 M 6.7 Kythera, Greece, earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 99, 2410-2434. (1.7 Mb)

Hanks, T. C., N. A. Abrahamson, D. M. Boore, K. J. Coppersmith, and N. E. Knepprath (2009). Implementation of the SSHAC Guidelines for Level 3 and 4 PSHAs--Experience Gained from Actual Applications, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1093 66 p. (890 Mb)

Abrahamson, N., G. Atkinson, D. Boore, Y. Bozorgnia, K. Campbell, B. Chiou, I. M. Idriss, W. Silva, and R. Youngs (2008). Comparisons of the NGA ground-motion relations, Earthquake Spectra 24 , 45--66. (1.8 Mb)

Atkinson, G. M. and D. M. Boore (2008). Erratum: Empirical ground-motion relations for subduction zone earthquakes and their application to Cascadia and other regions, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 98, 2567-2569.
• Paper (242 Kb) [An erratum for Atkinson, G. M. and D. M. Boore (2003), Empirical ground-motion relations for subduction zone earthquakes and their application to Cascadia and other regions, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 93, 1703--1729.]
• Corrected electronic supplement.

Boore, D. M. and M. W. Asten (2008). Comparisons of shear-wave slowness in the Santa Clara Valley, California, using blind interpretations of data from invasive and non-invasive methods, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 98, 1983--2003. (1.2 Mb)

Boore, D. M. and G. M. Atkinson (2008). Ground-motion prediction equations for the average horizontal component of PGA, PGV, and 5%-damped PSA at spectral periods between 0.01 s and 10.0 s, Earthquake Spectra 24, 99--138. (3.1 Mb) [published version of 21 March 2008 revision added 07 July 2008. The note below explains why a revision was necessary.]

Boore, D. M., A. Skarlatoudis, C. Ventouzi, C. Papazachos, and B. Margaris (2008). Empirical prediction relations of acceleration and velocity spectral values from intermediate depth earthquakes in Southern Aegean, Proceedings 3rd Hellenic Congress in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology, Athens, Greece, 05--07 November 2008, (in Greek, 15 pp, 1.9 Mb).

Ross, S.L., Lee, H. J., Parsons, T. E., Beyer, L. A., Boore, D. M., Conrad, J. E., Edwards, B. D., Fisher, M. A., Frankel, A. D., Geist, E. L., Hudnut, K. W., Hough, S. E., Kayen, R. E., Lorenson, T. D., Luco, N., McCrory, P. A., McGann, M. L., Nathenson, M., Nolan, M., Petersen, M. D., Ponti, D. J., Powell, C. L., Ryan, H. F., Tinsley, J. C., Wills, C. J., Wong, F. L., and, Xu, J. (2008). Comments on potential geologic and seismic hazards affecting proposed liquefied natural gas site in Santa Monica Bay, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1344, 60 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1344/]. (1.1 Mb)

Wu, C.-F., W. H. K. Lee, and D. M. Boore (2008). Strong-motion data from the Pingtung earthquake doublet of December 26, 2006, Taiwan, TAO 19, 595-639. (14 Mb)

Boore, D. M. (2007). Predicting earthquake ground motion in North America, Proceedings, Ninth Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering,, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 26-29 June 2007, (Conference Proceedings CD) (554 Kb)

Boore, D. M. and G. M. Atkinson (2007). Boore-Atkinson NGA Ground Motion Relations for the Geometric Mean Horizontal Component of Peak and Spectral Ground Motion Parameters, PEER 2007/01, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, Berkeley, California
• Main body of the report (6.2 Mb).
• Appendices (8.2 Mb).
• Additional files, including residuals. Note that the table of coefficients is from the regression program and differs somewhat from the tables in the report, for which the intercept terms have been adjusted so that mref for pga4nl is the same as for the other seismic intensity measures (1.8 Mb).
• Fortran programs for evaluating the equations [source code, executable files, control files, coefficient file] (846 Kb). [Revised 18 March 2008 to obtain pga4nl from the final GMPEs rather than the initial regression results (i.e., using the second row in Tables 6 and 7 in Boore and Atkinson, 2008, rather than the first row; see the note added beneath Boore and Atkinson, 2008.]

Boore, D. M. and E. M. Thompson (2007). On using surface-source downhole-receiver logging to determine seismic slownesses, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 27, 971--985. (647 Kb)

Cornou, C., M. Ohrnberger, D. M. Boore, K. Kudo, and P.-Y. Bard (2007). Derivation of structural models from ambient vibration array recordings: results from an international blind test, Third International Symposium on the Effects of Surface Geology on Seismic Motion, (P.-Y. Bard, E. Chaljub, C. Cornou, F. Cotton, and P. Gueguen, Editors), Grenoble, France, 30 August - 1 September 2006, Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées, (in press) (8.9 Mb)

Wang, G.-Q., D. M. Boore, G. Tang, and X. Zhou (2007). Comparisons of ground motions from colocated and closely spaced one-sample-per-second Global Positioning System and accelerograph recordings of the 2003 6.5 San Simeon, California, earthquake in the Parkfield region Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 97, 76--90. (1.1 Mb)

Watson-Lamprey, J. A. and D. M. Boore (2007). Beyond SaGMRotI: Conversion to SaArb, SaSN, and SaMaxRot, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 97, 1511--1524. (1.6 Mb)

Atkinson, G. M. and D. M. Boore (2006). Earthquake ground-motion prediction equations for eastern North America, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 96, 2181--2205.
• Paper (960 Kb).
• Electronic supplement.
• Erratum 1 for Atkinson and Boore (2006), published in Bull. Seism. Soc. Am.
• Erratum 2. Unpublished. This corrects Figure 12 in Atkinson and Boore (2006). Included is text and corrected figure.
• Erratum 3 and Files for Evaluating GMPEs.[Added 27 September 2011, a slightly updated version of the 26 February 2010 posting] Unpublished. The pdf file ab06_gmpes_programs_and_tables.pdf contains a few error corrections and a guide to the contents of files for verification of ab06 gmpe evaluations. The zip file contains a Fortran program for evaluating the AB06 GMPEs, as well as necessary tables of coefficients and sample tables of output. Stress and V30 are included as parameters in the GMPE evaluations.

Boore, D. M. (2006). Determining subsurface shear-wave velocities: A review, Third International Symposium on the Effects of Surface Geology on Seismic Motion (P.-Y. Bard, E. Chaljub, C. Conrou, F. Cotton, and P. Gueguen, Editors), Grenoble, France, 30 August - 1 September 2006, Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chauss\'ees , 67--85. (1.1 Mb)

Boore, D. M., J. Watson-Lamprey, and N. A. Abrahamson (2006). Orientation-independent measures of ground motion, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 96, 1502--1511. (478 Kb)

Hanks, T. C., Chair, Abrahamson, N.A., Board, M., Boore, D. M., Brune, J. N., and Cornell, C. A., Workshop Committee (2006). Report of the Workshop on Extreme Ground Motions at Yucca Mountain, August 23-25, 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1277. The introduction is available here (1.3 Mb) and the complete report is available on the World Wide Web at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1277/

Wang, G.-Q., G.-Q. Tang, D. M. Boore, G. Van Ness Burbach, C. R. Jackson, X.- Y. Zhou, and Q.-L. Lin (2006). Surface waves in the Western Coastal Plain from an aftershock of the 1999 Chi- Chi, Taiwan, earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 96, (821--845, 2.9 Mb)

Akkar, S., D. M. Boore, and P. Gülkan (2005). An evaluation of the strong ground motion recorded during the May 1, 2003 Bingöl, Turkey, earthquake, J. Earthquake Engineering 9, 173--197 (4.0 Mb)

Asten, M. W. and D. M. Boore (2005). Comparison of shear-velocity profiles of unconsolidated sediments near the Coyote borehole (CCOC) measured with fourteen invasive and non-invasive methods, Blind comparisons of shear-wave velocities at closely-spaced sites in San Jose, California, M. W. Asten and D. M. Boore (Editors), U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report OFR 2005-1169 (1.0 Mb)

Boore, D. M. (2005). On pads and filters: Processing strong-motion data, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 95, 745--750 (377 Kb)

Boore, D. M. (2005). Long-period ground motions from digital acceleration recordings: a new era in engineering seismology, in Directions in Strong Motion Instrumentation, P. Gülkan and J. G. Anderson, Editors, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 41--54 (186 Kb)

Boore, D. M. (2005). SMSIM---Fortran Programs for Simulating Ground Motions from Earthquakes: Version 2.3---A Revision of OFR 96-80-A , U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report (A modified version of OFR 00---509, describing the program as of 15 August, 2005 (version 2.30)) (1.1 Mb)

Boore, D. M. and J. J. Bommer (2005). Processing of strong-motion accelerograms: Needs, options and consequences, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 25, 93--115 (1.1 Mb)

Bommer, J. J and D. M. Boore (2004). Engineering Seismology, a chapter in Encyclopaedia of Geology , 499--515 (1.5 Mb)

Boore, D. M. (2004). Ground motion in Anchorage, Alaska, from the 2002 Denali fault earthquake: Site response and displacement pulses, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 94, S72--S84 (837 Kb)

Boore, D. M. (2004). Can site response be predicted?, J. Earthquake Engineering 8 Special Issue 1, 1--41 (2.3 Mb)

Boore, D. M. (2004). Estimating Vs(30) (or NEHRP Site Classes) from shallow velocity models (depths < 30 m), Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 94, 591--597 (138 Kb)

Boore, D. M., V. M. Graizer, A. F. Shakal, and J. C. Tinsley (2004). A study of possible ground-motion amplification at the Coyote Lake Dam, California, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 94, 1327--1342 (1.0 Mb)

Ross, S. L., D. M. Boore, M. A. Fisher, A. D. Frankel, E. L. Geist, K. W. Hudnut, R. E. Kayen, H. J. Lee, W. R. Normark, and F. L. Wong (2004). Comments on potential geologic and seismic hazards affecting coastal Ventura County, California, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1286 (2.0 Mb)

Wang, G.-Q., D. M. Boore, H. Igel, and X.-Y. Zhou (2004). Comparisons of ground motions from five aftershocks of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan earthquake with empirical predictions largely based on data from California, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 94, 2198--2212 (880 Kb)

Atkinson, G. M. and D. M. Boore (2003). Empirical ground-motion relations for subduction zone earthquakes and their application to Cascadia and other regions, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 93, 1703--1729.
• Paper (892 Kb)
• Electronic supplement.
• Erratum

Boore, D. M. (2003). Simulation of ground motion using the stochastic method, Pure and Applied Geophysics 160, 635--675 (1.3 Mb)
• ERRATUM: 02 February 2011. Frank Scherbaum pointed out that the "2" in equation 29 should be "1/√ 2 ".

Boore, D. M. (2003). Analog-to-digital conversion as a source of drifts in displacements derived from digital recordings of ground acceleration, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 93, 2017--2024 (336 Kb)

Boore, D. M. (2003). A compendium of P- and S-wave velocities from surface- to-borehole logging: Summary and reanalysis of previously published data and analysis of unpublished data, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report OFR 03-191 (165 Kb)

Boore, D. M. (2003). Some notes on phase derivatives and simulating strong ground motions, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 93, 1132--1143 (1.3 Mb)

Boore, D. M. and S. Akkar (2003). Effect of causal and acausal filters on elastic and inelastic response spectra, Earthq. Eng. and Struct. Dynamics 32, 1729--1748 (2.0 Mb)

Boore, D. M., J. F. Gibbs, W. B. Joyner, J. C. Tinsley, and D. J. Ponti (2003). Estimated ground motion from the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake at the site of the interstate 10 and La Cienega Boulevard bridge collapse, west Los Angeles, California, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 93, 2737--2751 (667 Kb)

Wang, G.-Q., D. M. Boore, H. Igel, and X.-Y. Zhou (2003). Some observation on colocated and closely-spaced strong ground motion records of the 1999, Chi-Chi, Taiwan earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 93, 674--693 (2.1 Mb)

Boore, D. M., C. D. Stephens, and W. B. Joyner (2002). Comments on baseline correction of digital strong-motion data: Examples from the 1999 Hector Mine, California, earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 92, 1543--1560 (1.8 Mb)

Brown, L. T., D. M. Boore, and K. H. Stokoe, II (2002).  Comparison of shear-wave slowness profiles at ten strong-motion sites, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 92, 3116--3133 (1.3 Mb)

Gibbs, J. F., J. C. Tinsley, and D. M. Boore (2002).  Borehole velocity measurements at five sites that recorded the Cape Mendocino, California earthquake of 25 April, 1992, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report OF 02-203 (5.2 Mb)

Boore, D. M. (2001). Comparisons of ground motions from the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake with empirical predictions largely based on data from California, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 91, 1212--1217 (231 Kb)

Boore, D. M. (2001). Effect of baseline corrections on displacements and response spectra for several recordings of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 91, 1199--1211 (1.2 Mb)

Boore, D.M. (2001). In Memoriam: William B. Joyner, Seismol. Research Letters 72, 511--513. (955 Kb)

Gibbs, J. F., D. M. Boore, J. C. Tinsley, and C. S. Mueller (2001).  Borehole P- and S-wave velocity at thirteen stations in southern California, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report OF 01-506 (5.6 Mb)

Joyner, W. B. and D. M. Boore (2000). Recent developments in earthquake ground motion estimation, Proc. 6th International Conf. on Seismic Zonation,, Palm Springs, California, Nov. 12 --15, 2000. (83 Kb)

Liu, H.-P., D. M. Boore, W. B. Joyner, D. H. Oppenheimer, R. E. Warrick, W. Zhang, J. C. Hamilton, and L. T. Brown (2000). Comparison of phase velocities from array measurements of Rayleigh waves associated with microtremor and results calculated from borehole shear-wave velocity profiles, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 90, 666--678 (341 Kb)

Boore, D. M. (1999). Basin waves on a seafloor recording of the 1990 Upland, California, earthquake: Implications for ground motions from a larger earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 89, 317--324 (1.1 Mb)

Boore, D. M. and C. E. Smith (1999). Analysis of earthquake recordings obtained from the seafloor earthquake measurement system (SEMS) instruments deployed off the coast of southern California, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 89, 260-274 (1.6 Mb)

Cultrera, G., D. M. Boore, W. B. Joyner, and C. Dietel (1999). Nonlinear soil response in the vicinity of the Van Norman Complex following the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 89, 1214--1231 (2.5 Mb)

Joyner, W. B. and D. M. Boore (1999). Proposal for Modifying the Site Coefficients in the NEHRP Provisions, 16 pp. (318 Kb)

Spudich, P., W. B. Joyner, A. G. Lindh, D. M. Boore, B. M. Margaris, and J. B. Fletcher (1999). SEA99: A revised ground motion prediction relation for use in extensional tectonic regimes, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 89, 1156-1170 (1.6 Mb)

Atkinson, G. M. and D. M. Boore (1998). Evaluation of models for earthquake source spectra in eastern North America, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 88, 917-934 (1.8 Mb)

Boore, D.M. and L.T. Brown (1998). Comparing shear-wave velocity profiles from inversion of surface-wave phase velocities with downhole measurements: Systematic differences between the CXW method and downhole measurements at six USC strong-motion sites, Seismol. Research Letters 69, 222--229. (778 Kb)

Budnitz, R. J., G. Apostolakis, D. M. Boore, L. S. Cluff, K. J. Coppersmith, C. A. Cornell, and P. A. Morris (1998). Use of technical expert panels: Applications to probabilistic seismic hazard analysis, Risk Analysis 18, 463--469. (731 Kb)

Margaris, B. N. and D. M. Boore (1998). Determination of Δσ and κ0 from response spectra of large earthquakes in Greece, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 88, 170-182 (1.3 Mb)

Atkinson, G.M. and D.M. Boore (1997). Some comparisons between recent ground-motion relations, Seismol. Research Letters 68, 24--40. (2.0 Mb)

Atkinson, G.M. and D.M. Boore (1997). Stochastic point-source modeling of ground motions in the Cascadia region, Seismol. Research Letters 68, 74--85. (219 Kb)

Atkinson, G. M., D. M. Boore, and J. Boatwright (1997). Comment on "Earthquake Source Spectra in Eastern North America" by R. A. W. Haddon, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 87, 1697-1702. (632 Kb)

Benz, H. M., A. Frankel, and D. M. Boore (1997). Regional Lg attenuation for the continental United States, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 87, 606-619 (2.9 Mb)

Boore, D. M. and W. B. Joyner (1997). Site amplifications for generic rock sites, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 87, 327-341 (1.4 Mb)

Boore, D. M., W. B. Joyner, and T. E. Fumal (1997). Equations for estimating horizontal response spectra and peak acceleration from western North American earthquakes: A summary of recent work (with 2005 erratum), Seism. Res. Letters 68, 128--153 (2.1 Mb)

Spudich, P., J. B. Fletcher, M. Hellweg, J. Boatwright, C. Sullivan, W. B. Joyner, T. C. Hanks, D. M. Boore, A. McGarr, L. M. Baker, and A. G. Lindh (1997). SEA96--- A new predictive relation for earthquake ground motions in extensional tectonic regimes, Seismol. Research Letters 68, 190--198. (618 Kb)

Durward, J.A., D.M. Boore, and W.B. Joyner (1996). The amplitude dependence of high-frequency spectral decay: Constraint on soil non-linearity, Proceedings of International Workshop on Site Response 2, Yokosuka, Japan, January 16--17, 1996, 82--103. (273 Kb)

McGuire, R., D. M. Boore, G. M. Atkinson, G. R. Toro, W. B. Joyner, and G. A. Bollinger (1996). Discussion of "Seismic hazard assessment in the southeastern United States," by P. C. Rizzo, N. R. Vaidya, E. Bazan, and C .F. Heberling, Earthquake Spectra 11, 667--677. (494 Kb)

Atkinson, G. M. and D. M. Boore (1995). Ground-motion relations for eastern North America, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 85, 17-30 (1.2 Mb)

Scientists of the U.S. Geological Survey and the Southern California Earthquake Center (1994). The magnitude 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake of 17 January 1994, Science 266, 389--397. (3.7 Mb)

Boore, D. M., W. B. Joyner, and T. E. Fumal (1994). Estimation of response spectra and peak accelerations from western North American earthquakes: An interim report, Part 2, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-127} 40 pp. (3.5 Mb)

Gibbs, J. F., D. M. Boore, W. B. Joyner, and T. E. Fumal (1994). The attenuation of seismic shear waves in Quaternary alluvium in Santa Clara Valley, California, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 84, 76-90 (1.3 Mb)

Boore, D. M., W. B. Joyner, and T. E. Fumal (1993). Estimation of response spectra and peak accelerations from western North American earthquakes: An interim report, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-509} 72 pp. (5.9 Mb)

Joyner, W. B. and D. M. Boore (1993). Methods for regression analysis of strong-motion data, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 83, 469-487 (1.1 Mb)

Boore, D. M. and G. M. Atkinson (1992). Source spectra for the 1988 Saguenay, Quebec, earthquakes, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 82, 683-719 (2.3 Mb)

Boore, D. M., W. B. Joyner, and L. Wennerberg (1992). Fitting the stochastic ω-2 source model to observed response spectra in western North America: trade-offs between Δσ and κ, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 82, 1956-1963 (506 Kb)

Boore, D. M. and W. B. Joyner (1991). Estimation of ground motion at deep- soil sites in eastern North America, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 81, 2167-2185 (1.2 Mb)

Atkinson, G. M. and D. M. Boore (1990). Recent trends in ground motion and spectral response relations for North America, Earthquake Spectra 6, 15--35. (1.5 Mb)

Boore, D. M., L. Seekins, and W. B. Joyner (1989). Peak accelerations from the 17 October 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, Seismol. Research Letters 60, 151--166. (227 Kb)

Boore, D.M. (1989). The Richter scale: its development and use for determining earthquake source parameters, Tectonophysics 166, 1--14. (1.2 Mb)

Boore, D. M. and G. M. Atkinson (1989). Spectral scaling of the 1985 to 1988 Nahanni, Northwest Territories, earthquakes, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 79, 1736-1761 (1.8 Mb)

Boore, D. M. and W. B. Joyner (1989). The effect of directivity on the stress parameter determined from ground motion observations, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 79 , 1984-1988 (368 Kb)

Boore, D. M. (1989). The Richter scale: Its development and use for determining earthquake source parameters, Tectonophysics 166, 1--14. (1.3 Mb)

Safak, E. and Boore, D. M. (1988). On low-frequency errors of uniformly modulated filtered white-noise models for ground motions, Earthq. Eng. Struct. Dyn. 16, 381--388. (446 Kb)

Joyner, W.B. and D.M. Boore (1988). Measurement, characterization, and prediction of strong ground motion, in Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics II, Proc. Am. Soc. Civil Eng. Geotech. Eng. Div. Specialty Conf., June 27--30, 1988, Park City, Utah, 43--102. (4.7 Mb)

Atkinson, G.M. and D.M. Boore (1987). On the mN, M relation for eastern North American earthquakes, Seismol. Research Letters 58, 119--124. (89 Kb)

Boore, D. M. and G. M. Atkinson (1987). Stochastic prediction of ground motion and spectral response parameters at hard-rock sites in eastern North America, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 77, 440-467 (2.0 Mb)

Hutton, L. K. and D. M. Boore (1987). The ML scale in southern California, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 77, 2074--2094 (1.4 Mb)

Haar, L. C., C. S. Mueller, J. B. Fletcher, and D. M. Boore (1986). Comments on "Some recent Lg phase displacement spectral densities and their implications with respect to prediction of ground motions in eastern North America" by R. Street, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 76, 291-295 (277 Kb)

Boore, D. M. (1986). Short-period P- and S-wave radiation from large earthquakes: Implications for spectral scaling relations, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 76, 43-64 (1.5 Mb)

Joyner, W. B., and D. M. Boore (1986). On simulating large earthquakes by Green's-function addition of smaller earthquakes, in Earthquake Source Mechanics, American Geophysical Union Monograph 37, 269--274 (92 Kb)

Peng, K., Xie, L., Li, S., Boore, D.M., Iwan, W.D., and Teng, T.L. (1985). The near-source strong-motion accelerograms recorded by an experimental array in Tangshan, China, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 38, 92--109. (938 Kb)

Boore, D. M. (1984). Use of seismoscope records to determine ML and peak velocities, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 74, 315-324 (647 Kb)

Boore, D. M. and J. Boatwright (1984). Average body-wave radiation coefficients, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 74, 1615-1621 (356 Kb)

Boore, D. M. and W. B. Joyner (1984). A note on the use of random vibration theory to predict peak amplitudes of transient signals, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 74, 2035-2039 (302 Kb)

Hanks, T. C. and D. M. Boore (1984). Moment-magnitude relations in theory and practice, J. Geophys. Res. 89, 6229--6235 (571 Kb)

Boore, D. M. (1983). Strong-motion seismology, in James. D. E. (ed.), U.S. national report to IUGG 1979-1982, Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics 21, 1308--1318. (1.7 Mb)

Boore, D. M. (1983). Stochastic simulation of high-frequency ground motions based on seismological models of the radiated spectra, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 73, 1865-1894 (1.7 Mb)

Joyner, W. B. and D. M. Boore (1983). Comments on "New attenuation relations for peak and expected accelerations of strong ground motion," by B. A. Bolt and N. A. Abrahamson, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 73, 1479-1480 (166 Kb)

McCann, Jr., M. W. and D. M. Boore (1983). Variability in ground motions: root mean square acceleration and peak acceleration for the 1971 San Fernando, California, earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 73, 615-632 (1.0 Mb)

Daniel, R. G., and Boore, D. M. (1982). Anomalous shear wave travel time delays and surface wave velocities at Yellowstone Caldera, Wyoming, J. Geophys. Res. 87, 2731--2744. (1.2 Mb)

Boatwright, J. and D. M. Boore (1982). Analysis of the ground accelerations radiated by the 1980 Livermore Valley earthquakes for directivity and dynamic source characteristics, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 72, 1843-1865 (1.4 Mb)

Boore, D. M. and W. B. Joyner (1982). The empirical prediction of ground motion, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 72, S43-S60 (1.1 Mb)

Boore, D. M., S. C. Harmsen, and S. T. Harding (1981). Wave scattering from a step change in surface topography, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 71, 117--125 (435 Kb)

Boore, D. M., Kanamori, H., Harding, S., and Sims, J. (1981). The Montenegro earthquake of April 15, 1979: source orientation and strength, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 27, 133--142. (663 Kb)

Joyner, W. B. and D. M. Boore (1981). Peak horizontal acceleration and velocity from strong motion records including records from the 1979 Imperial Valley, California, earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 71, 2011-2038 (1.7 Mb)

Lindh, A. G. and D. M. Boore (1981). Control of rupture by fault geometry during the 1966 Parkfield earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 71, 95--116 (471 Kb)

Boore, D. M. and R. L. Porcella (1980). Peak acceleration from strong-motion records: a postscript, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 70, 2295--2297 (165 Kb)

Boore, D. M., W. B. Joyner, A. A. Oliver, III, And R. A. Page (1980). Peak acceleration, velocity, and displacement from strong-motion records, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 70, 305--321 (1.1 Mb)

Dunbar, W. S., D. M. Boore, and W. Thatcher (1980). Pre-, co-, and postseismic strain changes associated with the 1952 Ml = 7.2 Kern County, California, earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 70, 1893--1905 (631 Kb)

Hudson, J.A., and Boore, D.M. (1980). Comments on Scattered waves from a surface obstacle by J. A. Hudson, Geophys. J. Int. 60, 123--127. (161 Kb)

Boore, D. M. and W. B. Joyner (1978). The influence of rupture incoherence on seismic directivity, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 68, 283--300 (1.1 Mb)

Cramer, C, H. and D. M. Boore (1978). The effect of Nevada Test Site geology on absolute travel-time residuals at Matsushiro, Japan, and College, Alaska, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 68, 859--862 (228 Kb)

Stauber, D. A. and D. M. Boore (1978). Crustal thickness in northern Nevada from seismic refraction profiles, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 68, 1049--1058 (678 Kb)

Swanger, H. J. and D. M. Boore (1978). Simulation of strong-motion displacements using surface-wave modal superposition, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 68, 907--922 (233 Kb)

Boore, D. M. (1977). The motion of the ground in earthquakes, Scientific American 237(6), 68--78 (844 Kb)

Boore, D. M. (1977). Strong-motion recordings of the California earthquake of April 18, 1906, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 67, 561--577 (1.0 Mb)

Boore, D. M. and W. S. Dunbar (1977). Effect of the free surface on calculated stress drops, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 67, 1661--1664 (226 Kb)

Boore, D. M. and D. J. Stierman (1976). Source parameters of the Pt. Mugu, California, earthquake of February 21, 1973, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 66, 385--404 (1.2 Mb)

Boatwright, J. and D. M. Boore (1975). A simplification in the calculation of motions near a propagating dislocation, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 65, 133-138 (280 Kb)

Boore, D. M., McEvilly, T. V., and Lindh, A. G. (1975). Quarry blast sources and earthquake prediction: the Parkfield, California, earthquake of June 28, 1966, Pure and Applied Geophysics 113, 293--296. (200 Kb)

Boore, D. M., A. G. Lindh, T. V. McEvilly, and W. W. Tolmachoff (1975). A search for travel-time changes associated with the Parkfield, California, earthquake of 1966, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 65, 1407-1418 (675 Kb)

Alford, R. M., Kelley, K. R., and Boore, D. M. (1974). Accuracy of finite difference modeling of the acoustic wave equation, Geophysics 39, 834--842. (424 Kb>

Boore, D. M. and M. D. Zoback (1974). Two-dimensional kinematic fault modeling of the Pacoima Dam strong-motion recordings of the February 9, 1971, San Fernando earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 64, 555--570 (1.0 Mb)

Boore, D. M. (1973). The effect of simple topography on seismic waves: implications for the accelerations recorded at Pacoima Dam, San Fernando Valley, California, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 63, 1603--1609 (391 Kb)

Boore, D. M. (1972). A note on the effect of simple topography on seismic SH waves, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 62, 275--284 (515 Kb)

Boore, D. M. (1972). Finite difference methods for seismic wave propagation in heterogeneous materials, in Methods in Computational Physics, v. 11, Seismology: Surface waves and Earth oscillations, (Bolt, B.A., ed.), Academic Press, 1-37. (2.9 Mb)

Boore, D. M., K. Aki, and T. Todd (1971). A two-dimensional moving dislocation model for a strike-slip fault, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 61, 177-194 (926 Kb)

Boore, D. M., Larner, K. L., and Aki, K. (1971). Comparison of two independent methods for the solution of wave-scattering problems: response of a sedimentary basin to vertically incident SH waves, J. Geophys. Res. 76, 558--569. (1.1 Mb)

Boore, D. M. (1970). Love waves in non-uniform wave guides: finite difference calculations, J. Geophys. Res. 75, 1512--1527. (1.1 Mb)

Boore, D. M. (1969). Observations of the 1968 southern Illinois earthquake, reported in "SEISMOLOGICAL NOTES-November and December, 1968", Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 59, 1429--1430 (47 Kb)

Boore, D. M. and M. N. Toksoz (1969). Rayleigh wave particle motion and crustal structure, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 59, 331--346 (252 Kb)

Boore, D. M. (1969). The effects of higher mode contamination on measured Love wave phase velocities, J. Geophys. Res. 74, 6612--6616. (310 Kb)

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