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  • 2017 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Arthur Frankel is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with a significant emphasis on Geophysics and Civil and Structural Engineering. Additionally, Arthur Frankel has contributed to studies involving Artificial Intelligence, Anthropology, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their work covers a wide range of topics, including:

  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Seismic Performance and Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials

Arthur Frankel has published extensively in several venues, with frequent publications in the following journals:

  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Earthquake Spectra
  • Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World
  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Fact Sheet

Recent publications by Arthur Frankel include:

  • "The 2023 US 50-State National Seismic Hazard Model: Overview and implications," 2023, Earthquake Spectra
  • "The USGS 2023 Conterminous U.S. Time-Independent Earthquake Rupture Forecast," 2023, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • "Expected warning times from the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system for earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest," 2021, Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World
  • "The 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model: Ground motion models in the western US," 2021, Earthquake Spectra
  • "Basin Amplification Effects in the Puget Lowland, Washington, from Strong-Motion Recordings and 3D Simulations," 2020, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Frequent co-authors of Arthur Frankel include:

  • Erin A. Wirth
  • Mark D. Petersen
  • Allison M. Shumway
  • Peter M. Powers
  • Morgan P. Moschetti

Arthur Frankel was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Documentation for the 2008 update of the United States National Seismic Hazard Maps

    Mark D. Petersen;Arthur D. Frankel;Stephen C. Harmsen;Charles S. Mueller

  • Mapping Seismic Hazard in the Central and Eastern United States

    Arthur Frankel

  • Finite difference simulations of seismic scattering: Implications for the propagation of short‐period seismic waves in the crust and models of crustal heterogeneity

    Arthur Frankel;Robert W. Clayton

  • The permeability of whole and jointed Barre Granite

    R.L. Kranzz;A.D. Frankel;T. Engelder;C.H. Scholz

  • Documentation for the 2002 update of the national seismic hazard maps

    Arthur D. Frankel;Mark D. Petersen;Charles S. Mueller;Kathleen M. Haller

  • The 2002 Denali fault earthquake, Alaska: a large magnitude, slip-partitioned event.

    Donna Eberhart-Phillips;Peter J Haeussler;Jeffrey T Freymueller;Arthur D Frankel

  • National Seismic-Hazard Maps: Documentation June 1996

    Arthur D. Frankel;Charlies S. Mueller;Theodore P. Barnhard;David M. Perkins

  • Energy-flux model of seismic coda: Separation of scattering and intrinsic attenuation

    Arthur Frankel;Leif Wennerberg

  • Documentation for the 2014 update of the United States national seismic hazard maps

    Mark D. Petersen;Morgan P. Moschetti;Peter M. Powers;Charles S. Mueller

  • Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, Version 2 (UCERF 2)

    Edward H Field;Timothy E Dawson;Karen R Felzer;Arthur D Frankel

  • A three-dimensional simulation of seismic waves in the Santa Clara Valley, California, from a Loma Prieta aftershock

    Arthur Frankel;John Vidale

  • Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for the state of California

    M.D. Petersen;W.A. Bryant;C.H. Cramer;Tiaquing Cao

  • Calculation of broadband time histories of ground motion: Comparison of methods and validation using strong-ground motion from the 1994 Northridge earthquake

    Stephen Hartzell;Stephen Harmsen;Arthur Frankel;Shawn Larsen

  • Attenuation of high‐frequency shear waves in the crust: Measurements from New York State, South Africa, and southern California

    Arthur Frankel;Art McGarr;John Bicknell;Jim Mori

  • Source parameters for small events associated with the 1986 North Palm Springs, California, earthquake determined using empirical Green functions

    Jim Mori;Arthur Frankel

  • The 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model: Overview of model and implications:

    Mark D. Petersen;Allison M. Shumway;Peter M. Powers;Charles S. Mueller

  • High-frequency spectral falloff of earthquakes, fractal dimension of complex rupture, b value, and the scaling of strength on faults

    Arthur Frankel

  • Three-dimensional simulations of ground motions in the San Bernardino Valley, California, for hypothetical earthquakes on the San Andreas fault

    Arthur Frankel

  • Nonlinear and Linear Site Response and Basin Effects in Seattle for the M 6.8 Nisqually, Washington, Earthquake

    Arthur D. Frankel;David L. Carver;Robert A. Williams

  • USGS National Seismic Hazard Maps

    A. D. Frankel;C. S. Mueller;T. P. Barnhard;E. V. Leyendecker

  • 2014 Update of the United States National Seismic Hazard Maps

    M. D. Petersen;C. S. Mueller;M. P. Moschetti;K. M. Haller

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark D. Petersen
Mark D. Petersen United States Geological Survey
Charles S. Mueller
Charles S. Mueller United States Geological Survey
Stephen C. Harmsen
Stephen C. Harmsen United States Geological Survey
Stephen H. Hartzell
Stephen H. Hartzell United States Geological Survey
John E. Vidale
John E. Vidale University of Southern California
Yuehua Zeng
Yuehua Zeng United States Geological Survey
Edward H. Field
Edward H. Field United States Geological Survey
Thomas M. Brocher
Thomas M. Brocher United States Geological Survey
Rui Chen
Rui Chen Capital Medical University
Eric M. Thompson
Eric M. Thompson United States Geological Survey

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