Published

• Hunter, J.A. D. Motazedian, H.L. Crow, G.R. Brooks, R.D. Miller,  A.J-M. Pugin, S.E. Pullan, J.Xia, Recent Advances in Near Surface geophysics, will be published in October 2010 by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, Oklahoma. in press.

• Motazedian D, J.A. Hunter, A. Pugin, K. Khaheshi Banab, and H. Crow (2010). “Near Surface Geophysical Methods for Microzonation Studies in the City of Ottawa, Canada”, Canadian Geotechnical Engineering Journal. in press.

• Goda, K., G.M. Atkinson, J.A. Hunter, H.L. Crow, D. Motazedian. (2010). “Probabilistic Liquefaction Hazard Analysis for Canadian Cities. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, in press.

• Hunter, J.A., H.L. Crow, G. Brooks, D. Motazedian, et al.(2010) .“Seismic site classification and site period mapping in the Ottawa area using geophysical methods”, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File Report 6273.

• Khaheshi Banab K. and D. Motazedian (2010). “Efficiency of the multi-channel analysis of surface wave method for shallow and semi-deep loose soil layers overlaying a very high shear wave velocity bedrock”, Volume 2010, Article ID 403016, doi:10.1155/2010/403016, International Journal of Geophysics.

• Motazedian, D., Hunter, J.A., Belvaux, M., Sivathayalan, S., Pugin, A., Chouinard, L., Khaheshi Banab, K., Crow, H. L., Tremblay, M., Perret, D., and Rosset, Ph. (2010). “ Seismic Microzonation of Montreal and Ottawa, Canada, In proceedings  10th Canadian & 9th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Toronto.

• Crow, H. L., Hunter, J. A., Motazedian, D. 2010.  Seismic Q (Attenuation) Measurements in Leda Clay within the Ottawa Area, In proceedings Advances in Earth Sciences Research Conference (AESRC), Ottawa, ON, March 2010.

• Hunter J.A., H. Crow, G.R. Brooks, A. Pugin, S.E. Pullan, D. Motazedian, K. Kaheshi-Banab (2010) “Earthquake Hazard Maps of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada using Near-Surface Geophysical and Geological Methods. In proceedings The Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP), Keystone, Colorado.

• Crow, H. L., Hunter, J. A., Pugin, A. J.-M., Motazedian, D. 2010.  Advances in Seismic Hazard Assessment within the Ottawa Area Leda Clays, In proceedings Canadian Geophysical Union Conference, May 2010, Ottawa, ON.

• Crow, H. L., Hunter, J. A., Pugin, A. J.-M., Motazedian, D. 2010.  In situ damping measurements in Leda Clay within the Ottawa, ON area, In proceedings 63rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Calgary, Sept 2010.

• Hunter, J. A, Crow, H. L., Pugin, A. J.-M., Motazedian, D. 2010.  Some Applications of Near Surface Geophysics to Earthquake Geohazards Investigations: Examples from Eastern Ontario, Canada, In proceedings Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), October 2010, Keystone, CO.

• Hunter J.A., H.L. Crow, D. Motazedian, et al. (2009). “City of Ottawa Seismic Site Classification Map from Combined Geological/Geophysical Data”, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File Report 6191.

• Crow, H., J.A. Hunter, D. Motazedian, A. Pugin, G.R. Brooks, M. Pyne (2009). “Development of Vs30 and Fundamental Site Period Maps for Seismic Hazard Estimation in Ottawa, ON”, In proceedings Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Sept 21-24, 2009, Halifax, NS, Canada.

• Crow, H. L., Hunter, J. A., Pugin, A. J.-M., Motazedian, D.  (2009).  “Application of Near-Surface Geophysical Techniques for Earthquake Microzonation Mapping in the Ottawa, Ontario Region”, In proceedings American Geophysical Union, Annual General Meeting, Toronto, ON, May, 2009.

• Khaheshi Banab K., S. Sivathayalan, D. Motazedian (2009). “Site response analysis of high contrast  shear wave velocity soil profiles using the generalized reflection/transmission method”, Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Halifax, Canada.

• Motazedian D. and J.A. Hunter (2008). “Development of a NEHRP Map for the Orleans Suburb of Ottawa, Ontario”, Canadian Geotechnical Engineering Journal, 45: 1180-1188.

• Crow H.L., M. Pyne, J.A. Hunter, D. Motazedian, A. Pugin (2008). “Shear Wave Measurements for Earthquake Response Evaluation in the Ottawa suburb of Orleans, Ontario”, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File Report 5579.

• Hunter, J.A., D. Motazedian, G. Brooks, M. Lamontagne, H. Crow, T. Cartwright, A. Pugin, M. Pyne (2008). “Earthquake Hazard Mapping in the Ottawa Area”, 4th Canadian Conference on Geohazards, Université Laval, May 20-24 2008, Québec, QC, Canada.

• Khaheshi Banab, K., and D. Motazedian (2007). “Shear Wave Velocity Profile Determination Based on the Multi-Channel Analysis of Surface Waves Methods for NEHRP Site Classification in the City of Ottawa”, Ninth Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering (9ccee), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

• Pugin A., J.A., Hunter, D. Motazedian, K. Khaheshi Banab (2007). “An Application of Shear Wave Reflection Landstreamer Technology to Soil Response Evaluation of Earthquake Shaking in an Urban Area, Ottawa, Ontario”, Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Enviromental and Engineering Problems (SAGEEP) Conference Bulletin. (PDF).

• Crow H., J.A. Hunter, A. Pugin, G. Brooks, D. Motazedian, K. Khaheshi Banab (2007). “Shear Wave Measurements for Earthquake Response Evaluation in Orleans, Ontario”, the Canadian Geotechnical Conference, OttawaGeo2007: The Diamond Jubilee Conference, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

• Hunter, J.A., Dariush Motazedian, (2006) " Shear Wave Velocity Measurements for Soft Soil Earthquake Response Evaluation in the Eastern Ottawa Region, Ontario, Canada", SAGEEP conference Bulletin.(PDF).

• Meng J., D. Motazedian, (2006)" Frequency- Dependent Attenuation of Soils in Seismic Simulation", Proceedings of the 8th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, April 18-22, 2006, San Francisco, California, USA,  Paper No. 1749.(PDF)

Related topics

• Aylsworth, J.M. and Hunter, J.A.(2004) A geophysical investigation of the geologic controls on landsliding and soft soil deformation in sensitive marine clay near Ottawa: in Proceedings of Geo-Engineering for the Society and its Environment. 57th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and the 5th joint CGS-IAH Conference. Quebec, October 24-27, 2004, p. (PDF)
• Aylsworth, J.M. and Lawrence, D.E.(2003) Earthquake-induced landsliding east of Ottawa; a contribution to the Ottawa Valley Landslide Project; in Proceedings of the 3 rd Canadian Conference on Geotechnique and Natural Hazards, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. June 9 and 10, pp. 77-84. (PDF)

• Crow, H. L. (2010). “Low Strain Damping (Q) Measurements in Leda Clay Using Downhole Geophysical and Lab techniques”, M.Sc. thesis, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University (in publication)
• Khaheshi Banab (2010).  “Microzonation of the city of Ottawa; site response analysis and seismic surveying of high contrast soil profiles”, PhD thesis, Department of Civil engineering /Earth Sciences, Carleton University (in publication)
• Krystal Anne-Marie Aubry (2010). “Predicting Sensitive and Quick Clays using electrical and Electromagnetic Geophysical methods in Champlain Sea Sediments , Ottawa, Canada” , B.Sc. thesis, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University
• Michal Kolaj (2010). “Ottawa Bedrock Shear Wave Classification and Weak Motion Earthquake Site Amplification for the Orleans Buried Valley”, B.Sc. thesis, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University
• Krystal Anne-Marie Aubry,Predicting Sensitive and Quick Clays Using Electrical and Electromagnetic Geophysical Methods in Champlain Sea Sediments, Ottawa, Canada Bachelor of Science (Honours), Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, March 2010
• Raymond Caron, Vs30 Map of West Downtown Ottawa, Bachelor of Science (Honours),Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University,Ottawa, Ontario, March, 2009
• Olufolahan Ige, Evaluation and Classification of Bedrock Shear Wave Velocity for the City of Ottawa, Bachelor of Science (Honours),August 2008
• Geoffrey Plastow, Development of a NEHRP Map for the Orleans Area , Bachelor of Science (Honours), Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, March 2006
• Adam Jones, Estimation of fundamental site period response to earthquake shaking in southeastern Ottawa, Bachelor of Science (Honours), Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, August 2006
• Aaron J. Snider ,(2005)Site Amplification Measurements for Ontario Seismic Stations Based on Ground Motion Relations and Horizontal to Vertical Ratios, Honours Thesis, Bachelor of Science, Earth Sciences, carleton University (PDF)

Data

• Borehole Data in Ottawa-Montreal region. Report (PDF)
• Borehole Data in Ottawa-Montreal region. Appendix A (PDF)
• Borehole Data in Ottawa-Montreal region. Appendix B (PDF)