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Mark D. Petersen is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with specific focus on subfields such as Geophysics, Civil and Structural Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, and Control and Systems Engineering.

Their work covers a broad range of topics related to seismic and tectonic phenomena, including:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismic Performance and Analysis
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Risk and Safety Analysis
  • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis

Mark D. Petersen has contributed to several scientific publications. Among recent papers are:

  • Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis at Regional and National Scales: State of the Art and Future Challenges, 2020, Reviews of Geophysics
  • The 2023 US 50-State National Seismic Hazard Model: Overview and implications, 2023, Earthquake Spectra
  • Probabilistic Fault Displacement Hazard Assessment (PFDHA) for Nuclear Installations According to IAEA Safety Standards, 2021, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • The USGS 2023 Conterminous U.S. Time-Independent Earthquake Rupture Forecast, 2023, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • The 2018 update of the US National Seismic Hazard Model: Ground motion models in the western US, 2021, Earthquake Spectra

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Petersen include:

  • Peter M. Powers
  • Allison M. Shumway
  • Morgan P. Moschetti
  • Sanaz Rezaeian
  • Arthur Frankel

They have published extensively in several venues known for seismological and earthquake research, such as:

  • Earthquake Spectra
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Reviews of Geophysics

The breadth of Mark D. Petersen's research includes both foundational and applied aspects of seismic hazard modeling and earthquake rupture forecasting, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach within geophysical and engineering sciences.

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

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

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

  • 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

  • A Site-Conditions Map for California Based on Geology and Shear-Wave Velocity

    C. J. Wills;M. Petersen;W. A. Bryant;M. Reichle

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

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

  • Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for the state of California

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

  • 2017 One‐Year Seismic‐Hazard Forecast for the Central and Eastern United States from Induced and Natural Earthquakes

    Mark D. Petersen;Charles S. Mueller;Morgan P. Moschetti;Susan M. Hoover

  • 2018 One‐Year Seismic Hazard Forecast for the Central and Eastern United States from Induced and Natural Earthquakes

    Mark D. Petersen;Charles S. Mueller;Morgan P. Moschetti;Susan M. Hoover

  • 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

  • Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis at Regional and National Scales: State of the Art and Future Challenges

    Matthew C. Gerstenberger;Warner Marzocchi;Trevor Allen;Marco Pagani

  • The 2014 United States National Seismic Hazard Model

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

  • Fault Displacement Hazard for Strike-Slip Faults

    Mark D. Petersen;Timothy E. Dawson;Rui Chen;Tianqing Cao

  • A Monte Carlo approach in estimating uncertainty for a seismic hazard assessment of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Orange counties, California

    Chris H. Cramer;Mark D. Petersen;Michael S. Reichle

  • Fault slip rates and earthquake histories for active faults in southern California

    Mark D. Petersen;Steven G. Wesnousky

  • Early Middle Paleozoic Intraplate Orogeny in the Ogcheon Belt (South Korea): A new insight on the Paleozoic buildup of east Asia

    Dominique Cluzel;Laurent Jolivet;Jean-Paul Cadet

  • Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for Sumatra, Indonesia and across the Southern Malaysian Peninsula

    Mark D. Petersen;James Dewey;Stephan Hartzell;Charles Mueller

  • Effect of time-dependence on probabilistic seismic hazard maps and deaggregation for the central apennines, Italy

    A. Akinci;F. Galadini;D. Pantosti;Mark D. Petersen

  • Increasing seismicity in the U. S. midcontinent: Implications for earthquake hazard

    William L. Ellsworth;Andrea L. Llenos;Arthur F. McGarr;Andrew J. Michael

  • Predominant seismic source distance and magnitude maps for Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura Counties, California

    Chris H. Cramer;Mark D. Petersen

  • Time-independent and Time-dependent Seismic Hazard Assessment for the State of California: Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast Model 1.0

    Mark D. Petersen;Tianqing Cao;Kenneth W. Campbell;Arthur D. Frankel

  • 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

Charles S. Mueller
Charles S. Mueller United States Geological Survey
Arthur Frankel
Arthur Frankel United States Geological Survey
Stephen C. Harmsen
Stephen C. Harmsen United States Geological Survey
Daniel E. McNamara
Daniel E. McNamara United States Geological Survey
Edward H. Field
Edward H. Field United States Geological Survey
Eric M. Thompson
Eric M. Thompson United States Geological Survey
Andrew J. Michael
Andrew J. Michael United States Geological Survey
Yuehua Zeng
Yuehua Zeng United States Geological Survey
Justin L. Rubinstein
Justin L. Rubinstein United States Geological Survey
Arthur F. McGarr
Arthur F. McGarr United States Geological Survey

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