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  • 2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Gail M. Atkinson is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada and has established a significant research presence within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Their work spans 44 publications in Earth and Planetary Sciences and 40 in Engineering, focusing notably on geophysics and civil and structural engineering subfields.

The scientist's main research topics include seismic performance and analysis, seismic waves and analysis, and earthquake and tectonic studies. Other notable focus areas are structural health monitoring techniques, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, and seismology and earthquake studies.

Research outputs have been published in multiple venues, with frequent appearances in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (17 publications) and Earthquake Spectra (6 publications). Additional venues include PEER, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, and the Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth.

Selected recent papers by Gail M. Atkinson include:

  • Developments in understanding seismicity triggered by hydraulic fracturing, 2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • NGA-subduction global ground motion models with regional adjustment factors, 2021, Earthquake Spectra
  • NGA-East Ground-Motion Characterization model part I: Summary of products and model development, 2021, Earthquake Spectra
  • NGA-Subduction research program, 2021, Earthquake Spectra
  • The 2022 Aotearoa New Zealand National Seismic Hazard Model: Process, Overview, and Results, 2023, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Gail M. Atkinson collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Behzad Hassani
  • Grace A. Parker
  • Jonathan P. Stewart
  • David M. Boore
  • Yousef Bozorgnia

The scientist has been recognized with the award of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2014 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • 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

    David M. Boore;Gail M. Atkinson

  • NGA-West2 Equations for Predicting PGA, PGV, and 5% Damped PSA for Shallow Crustal Earthquakes:

    David M. Boore;Jonathan P. Stewart;Emel Seyhan;Gail M. Atkinson

  • Ground-motion relations for eastern North America

    Gail M. Atkinson;David M. Boore

  • Earthquake Ground-Motion Prediction Equations for Eastern North America

    Gail M. Atkinson;David M. Boore

  • Stochastic Finite-Fault Modeling Based on a Dynamic Corner Frequency

    Dariush Motazedian;Gail M. Atkinson

  • Empirical Ground-Motion Relations for Subduction-Zone Earthquakes and Their Application to Cascadia and Other Regions

    Gail M. Atkinson;David M. Boore

  • NGA-West2 Research Project:

    Yousef Bozorgnia;Norman A. Abrahamson;Linda Al Atik;Timothy D. Ancheta

  • Modeling finite-fault radiation from the ωn spectrum

    Igor A. Beresnev;Gail M. Atkinson

  • Stochastic Modeling of California Ground Motions

    Gail M. Atkinson;Walter Silva

  • STOCHASTIC PREDICTION OF GROUND MOTION AND SPECTRAL RESPONSE PARAMETERS AT HARD-ROCK SITES IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA

    David M. Boore;Gail M. Atkinson

  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Seismicity in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

    Gail M. Atkinson;David W. Eaton;Hadi Ghofrani;Dan Walker

  • FINSIM--a FORTRAN Program for Simulating Stochastic Acceleration Time Histories from Finite Faults

    Igor A. Beresnev;Gail M. Atkinson

  • Comparisons of the NGA Ground-Motion Relations

    Norman Abrahamson;Gail Atkinson;David Boore;Yousef Bozorgnia

  • “Did You Feel It?” Intensity Data: A Surprisingly Good Measure of Earthquake Ground Motion

    Gail M. Atkinson;David J. Wald

  • The shape of ground motion attenuation curves in southeastern Canada

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  • Empirical Attenuation of Ground-Motion Spectral Amplitudes in Southeastern Canada and the Northeastern United States

    Gail M. Atkinson

  • Earthquake time histories compatible with the 2005 National building code of Canada uniform hazard spectrum

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  • Earthquake source spectra in eastern North America

    Gail M. Atkinson

  • An empirical study of earthquake source spectra for California earthquakes

    Gail M. Atkinson;Walter Silva

  • Single-Station Sigma

    Gail M. Atkinson

  • Earthquake Ground-Motion Prediction Equations for Eastern

    Gail M. Atkinson;David M. Boore

  • Selecting and Scaling Earthquake Ground Motions for Performing Response-History Analyses | NIST

    Andrew Whittaker;Gail Atkinson;Jack Baker;Jonathan Bray

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Boore
David M. Boore United States Geological Survey
Katsuichiro Goda
Katsuichiro Goda University of Western Ontario
Igor A. Beresnev
Igor A. Beresnev Iowa State University
David W. Eaton
David W. Eaton University of Calgary
Jonathan P. Stewart
Jonathan P. Stewart University of California, Los Angeles
Yousef Bozorgnia
Yousef Bozorgnia University of California, Berkeley
Kristy F. Tiampo
Kristy F. Tiampo University of Colorado Boulder
Norman A. Abrahamson
Norman A. Abrahamson University of California, Berkeley
Honn Kao
Honn Kao Geological Survey of Canada
Izzat M. Idriss
Izzat M. Idriss University of California, Davis

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