Tectonic Regionalization used for selection of Ground Motion Prediction Equations (GMPEs).
Workpackage Leader: S. Akkar
Main Activities:
Strong Motion Database
Ranking and Selection of GMPEs for EMME Region
Logic-tree Based Sensitivity Analysis
Final EMME Logic-tree
Danciu L, Kale O and Akkar S (2016) The 2014 Earthquake Model of the Middle East: ground motion model and uncertainties, Bull Earthq Eng
Kale O, Akkar S, Ansari A, Hamzehloo (2015) A Ground‐Motion Predictive Model for Iran and Turkey for Horizontal PGA, PGV, and 5% Damped Response Spectrum: Investigation of Possible Regional Effects, BSSA 105 (2A)
Kale and Akkar (2013), A new procedure for Selecting and Ranking Ground Motion Prediction Equations (GMPEs): the Euclidian Distance-Based Ranking (EDR) Method, BSSA 103(2A)