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Overview

Yuehua Zeng is a researcher affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Geophysics, complemented by studies in Civil and Structural Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Aerospace Engineering, and Safety, Risk, Reliability, and Quality.

The core topics of Yuehua Zeng's research include earthquake and tectonic studies, seismic performance and analysis, seismic waves and analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, seismology and earthquake studies, earthquake detection and analysis, and geological and geochemical analysis.

They have published extensively in a range of scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Earthquake Spectra
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Yuehua Zeng include:

  • "GPS Velocity Field of the Western United States for the 2023 National Seismic Hazard Model Update," 2022, Seismological Research Letters
  • "A Fault-Based Crustal Deformation Model with Deep Driven Dislocation Sources for the 2023 Update to the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model," 2022, Seismological Research Letters
  • "Western U.S. Deformation Models for the 2023 Update to the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model," 2022, Seismological Research Letters
  • "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

Yuehua Zeng collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Mark D. Petersen
  • Peter M. Powers
  • Allison M. Shumway
  • Edward H. Field
  • E. H. Hearn

Their work contributes to the understanding of seismic hazards and earthquake forecast models, with a focus on deformation and crustal movement in the western United States. The research is often incorporated into national seismic hazard updates used for scientific and safety applications.

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

  • Slip maxima at fault junctions and rupturing of barriers during the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

    Zheng-Kang Shen;Zheng-Kang Shen;Zheng-Kang Shen;Jianbao Sun;Peizhen Zhang;Yongge Wan

  • Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, Version 3 (UCERF3)—The Time‐Independent Model

    Edward H. Field;Ramon J. Arrowsmith;Glenn P. Biasi;Peter Bird

  • 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 composite source model for computing realistic synthetic strong ground motions

    Yuehua Zeng;John G. Anderson;Guang Yu

  • Nonlinear ground-motion amplification by sediments during the 1994 Northridge earthquake

    Edward H. Field;Paul A. Johnson;Paul A. Johnson;Igor A. Beresnev;Yuehua Zeng

  • Scattering wave energy propagation in a random isotropic scattering medium: 1. Theory

    Yuehua Zeng;Feng Su;Keiiti Aki

  • A comparative study of scattering, intrinsic, and coda Q−1 for Hawaii, Long Valley, and central California between 1.5 and 15.0 Hz

    Kevin Mayeda;Stuart Koyanagi;Mitsuyuki Hoshiba;Keiiti Aki

  • Control of strong motion by the upper 30 meters

    John G. Anderson;Yajie Lee;Yuehua Zeng;Steven Day

  • Long‐Term Time‐Dependent Probabilities for the Third Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast (UCERF3)

    Edward H. Field;Glenn P. Biasi;Peter Bird;Timothy E. Dawson

  • 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

  • Optimal interpolation of spatially discretized geodetic data

    Zheng‐Kang Shen;Min Wang;Yuehua Zeng;Fan Wang

  • Seismicity in the Western Great Basin Apparently Triggered by the Landers, California, Earthquake, 28 June 1992

    John G. Anderson;James N. Brune;John N. Louie;Yuehua Zeng

  • The 2014 United States National Seismic Hazard Model

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

  • Uniform California earthquake rupture forecast, version 3 (UCERF3): the time-independent model

    Edward H. Field;Glenn P. Biasi;Peter Bird;Timothy E. Dawson

  • A composite source model of the 1994 Northridge earthquake using genetic algorithms

    Yuehua Zeng;John G. Anderson

  • Strong ground motion from the Uttarkashi, Himalaya, India, earthquake: Comparison of observations with synthetics using the composite source model

    G. Yu;K. N. Khattri;J. G. Anderson;J. N. Brune

  • Compact solutions for multiple scattered wave energy in time domain

    Yuehua Zeng

  • Rocking and overturning of precariously balanced rocks by earthquakes

    Baoping Shi;Abdolrasool Anooshehpoor;Yuehua Zeng;James N. Brune

  • Mapping of the high-frequency source radiation for the Loma Prieta Earthquake, California

    Yuehua Zeng;Keiiti Aki;Ta-Liang Teng

  • Fault Rupture Process of the 20 September 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, Earthquake

    Yuehua Zeng;Chau-Huei Chen

  • Theory of scattered P- and S-wave energy in a random isotropic scattering medium

    Yuehua Zeng

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward H. Field
Edward H. Field United States Geological Survey
Zheng-Kang Shen
Zheng-Kang Shen University of California, Los Angeles
Mark D. Petersen
Mark D. Petersen United States Geological Survey
James N. Brune
James N. Brune University of Nevada Reno
Wayne Thatcher
Wayne Thatcher United States Geological Survey
Arthur Frankel
Arthur Frankel United States Geological Survey
Charles S. Mueller
Charles S. Mueller United States Geological Survey
Peter Bird
Peter Bird University of California, Los Angeles
Tom Parsons
Tom Parsons United States Geological Survey
Kaj M. Johnson
Kaj M. Johnson Indiana University

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