Research interests: Stochastic and hybrid earthquake fault modeling, Seismic soil modelling, Earthquake ground motion relations, Seismic Microzonation, Rapid warning systems for earthquakes (ShakeMap)

PostDoc, Graduate, Honours and Summer Students;

Amin Esmaeilzadeh, Ph.D.student (2014-current)
Matthew Griffiths, M.Sc. student(2017-current)
Shutian Ma, PostDoc (2010-current)
Hooman Torabi, PostDoc (2017-2018)
Sharare Ghafoori, M.Sc.student (2014-2017)
Skyler Mallozzi, Honours student, (2016-2017)
Steve Crane , Ph.D.student (2011-2016)
Sylvia Hayek, M.Sc. student (2012-2016)
Sara McPeak, Honours student(2014-2015)
Kasgin Khaheshi-Banab, PDF, (2010-2011)
Steve Crane , M. Sc. student, (2009-2011)
Heather Crow, M. Sc. student, (2008-2010)
Nader Fanaie, Visiting Ph.D. (2006-2008)
Kasgin Khaheshi-Banab, Ph.D., (2005-2010)
Miguel Macías Carrasco, Ph.D., (2003-2008)
ChengXiang Liu chester, M.Sc., (2003-2006)
Laura MacIsaac Honours student,(2011-2013)
MalcolmWhite, Honours student,(2011-2012)
Andrei Ulyanov, summer & Honours student,(2011-2012)
Michal Kolaj, summer & Honours student,(2008-2010)
Raymond Caron,summer & Honours student, (2007-2008)
Krysral Abery ,summer & Honours student, (2009-2010)
Laura Katz, summer student, (2010-2010)
Laura Dixon, summer student, (2008-2008)
Marianne Marot ,Honours student, (2007-2008)
Alexander (Sandy) Duxbury, winter and summer student, (2006-2006)
Viktor Ter-Emmanuilyan, Volunteer summer student, (2006-2006)
Amanda Landriault, winter and summer student, (2006-2006)
Adam Jones, summer student & Honours student (2005-2006)
Geoff Plastow , Honours student (2005-2006)
Danika Muir, NSERC summer student (2005-2005)
Aaron Snider, Honours student (2004-2005)

Peer-reviewed journal articles

 Dariush Motazedian, Shutian Ma, and Maurice Lamontagne (2018). Further studies on the 1988 Saguenay, Quebec, earthquake sequence, Can. J. Earth Sci. 00: 1–14 (0000) dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2017-0231

Fathi-Fazl R. , Jacques E, , Cai Z., Kadhom B., Saassouh B., and Motazedian D (2018) Development of a Preliminary Seismic Risk Screening Tool for Existing Building in Canada, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, in press.

Dariush Motazedian and Shutian Ma (2018). Source Parameter Studies on the 8 January 2017 Mw 6.1 Resolute, Nunavut, Canada, Earthquake, Seismological Research Letters (2018) 89 (3): 1030-1039. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1785/0220170260;

Ma, S. and D. Motazedian (2017). Focal depth distribution of the 1982 Miramichi earthquake sequence determined by modelling depth phases, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2017, 54(4): 359-369, https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2016-0111; paper version published April 2017

Ma S, and Motazedian D. (2018). Further studies on the moment tensor and source rupture process of the 23 June 2014 Rat Islands, Alaska, MW 7.9 earthquake, being revised for: Can. J. Earth Sci.

 Motazedian, D., Y. Zhang, S. Ma and Y. Chen (2016). Further studies on the focal mechanism and source rupture process of the 2012 Haida Gwaii, Canada, 7.8 moment magnitude earthquake, Can. J. Earth Sci. 53: 1–11

Bent, A. L., M Lamontagne, V. Peci, S. Halchuk, G. R. Brooks, D. Motazedian, J. A. Hunter, J. Adams, C. Woodgold, J. Drysdale, S. Hayek and W. N. Edwards (2015).   The 17 May 2013 M 4.6 Ladysmith, Quebec, Earthquake, Seismological Research Letters, v. 86, no. 2, doi:10.1785/0229149138.

Motazedian D. and Ma S. (2014) A review study of the source parameters of the 23 August 2011 Virginia MW 5.7 earthquake, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, in press.

Motazedian D. and Ma S. (2014) Crustal Shear-Wave Velocity Models Retrieved from Rayleigh Wave Dispersion Data in Northern Canada, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, August 2014, v. 104, p. 1976-1988, doi:10.1785/0120130265

Crane S. and Motazedian D. (2014), Low-frequency scaling applied to stochastic finite-fault modeling, Journal of Seismology, doi: 10.1007/s10950-013-9405-0

Motazedian D. , Ma S. and  Crane S.  (2013) Crustal shear-wave velocity models retrieved from Rayleigh wave dispersion data in northeastern North America, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 103, No. 4, pp. 2266–2276, August 2013, doi: 10.1785/0120120187.

Atkinson G. and Motazedian D. (2013) Ground Motion Amplitudes for Earthquakes in Puerto Rico. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 103, No. 3, pp. 1846–1859, June 2013, doi: 10.1785/0120120130

Ma, S., Motazedianm D. and Corchete, V. (2013).Shear wave velocity models retrieved using Rg wave dispersion data in shallow crust in some regions of southern Ontario, Canada, Journal of Seismology: Volume 17, Issue 2 , Page 683-705, DOI: 10.1007/s10950-012-9346-z

Motazedian, D., J.A. Hunter, S. Sivathayalan, A. Pugin, S. Pullan, H.  Crow, and K. Khaheshi Banab, (2012) Railway train induced ground vibrations in a low VS soil layer overlying a high VS bedrock in eastern Canada. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 36, pages 1-11, doi:10.1016/j.soildyn.2011.02.008

Ma, S. and D. Motazedian (2012). Studies on the June 23 2010 north Ottawa MW 5.2 earthquake and vicinity seismicity, Journal of Seismology: Volume 16, Issue 3 (2012), Page 513-534, DOI: 10.1007/s10950-012-9294-7

Khaheshi Banab K., Kolaj M. , Motazedian D., Sivathayalan S.,  Hunter J.A., Crow H.L.,  Pugin A. J-M., Brooks G. R. and Pyne M. (2012) Seismic site response analysis for Ottawa, Canada: A comprehensive study using measurements and numerical simulations. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 102, No. 5, pp. 1976–1993, October 2012, doi: 10.1785/0120110248

Ma, S. and D. Motazedian, (2012) Determination of Small Shallow Earthquakes in Eastern Canada from Maximum Power Rg/Sg Spectral Ratio", Journal of Seismology, Volume 16, Number 2 (2012), 107-129, DOI: 10.1007/s10950-011-9252-9

Motazedian, D., Khaheshi Banab K., Hunter J.A., Sivathayalan S., Crow, H., and Brooks, G.   (2011) Comparison of Site Periods Derived from Different Evaluation Methods, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, doi: 10.1785/0120100344 [NSERC and GSC]

Crow, H.L., J.A. Hunter, D. Motazedian, A.J.-M. Pugin (2011). “In situ low-strain damping measurements using a monofrequency spectral ratio approach”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Journal, Volume 31, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1669–1677, doi:10.1016/j.soildyn.2011.07.002. [NSERC and GSC].

Motazedian, D., J.A. Hunter, A. Pugin, K. Khaheshi Banab, H.L. Crow (2011). “Development of a Vs30 (NEHRP) Map for the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada”, Canadian Geotechnical Engineering Journal. doi:10.1139/T10-081. [NSERC and GSC].

Goda, K., G.M. Atkinson, J.A. Hunter, H.L. Crow, D. Motazedian (2011). “Probabilistic Liquefaction Hazard Analysis for Canadian Cities”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

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”, International Journal of Geophysics, Volume 2010, Article ID 403016, doi:10.1155/2010/403016. [NSERC].

Moghaddam, H., N. Fanaie, D. Motazedian (2010). “Estimation of Stress Drop for some Large Shallow Earthquakes Using Stochastic Point Source and Finite Fault Modeling”, Scientia Iranica Journal, 17(3), pp. 217-235.

Atkinson, G.M., D.M. Boore, K. Assatourians, K. Campbell, D. Motazedian (2009). A guide to differences between stochastic point-source and stochastic finite-fault simulations, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 99, pp. 3192-3201. [NSERC]

Motazedian, D. and J.A. Hunter (2008). “Development of a NEHRP Map for the Orleans Suburb of Ottawa, Ontario”, Canadian Geotechnical Engineering Journal, 45, pp. 1180-1188. doi:10.1139/T08-051.[NSERC].

Macias, M., G.M. Atkinson, D. Motazedian (2008). “Ground motion attenuation, source and site effects for the September 26, 2003, M 8.1 Tokachi-Oki earthquake sequence”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 98(4), pp. 1947-1963; DOI: 10.1785/0120070130. [NSERC]

Motazedian, D. (2006). “Region-Specific Key Seismic Parameters for Earthquakes in Northern Iran”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 96(4A), pp. 1383-1395.

Motazedian, D. and A. Moinfar (2006). “Hybrid Stochastic Finite Fault Modelling of 2003, M6.5, Bam Earthquake”, Journal of Seismology, 10, pp. 91-103.

Motazedian, D. and G.M. Atkinson (2005). “Stochastic Finite-Fault Modelling Based on a Dynamic Corner Frequency”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 95, pp. 995-1010. [NSERC]. Download EXSIM_Beta (May, 26, 2009). After downloading please send us an email because we would like to keep track of EXSIM users for future correspondence, in case of any upgrade version. If any third party is interested in EXSIM, please forward him/her to our websites. We appreciate your cooperation on this matter.

Motazedian, D. and G.M. Atkinson (2005). “Earthquake Magnitude Measurements for Puerto Rico”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 95, pp. 725-730.

Motazedian, D. and G.M. Atkinson (2005). “Ground motion relations for Puerto Rico”, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 385, pp. 61-80.

Refereed proceedings papers, book chapters and open files

Motazedian D., Hunter J., Torabi H., Crane S. Hayek S. and Crow H. (2015) Investigation of Soil Amplification Factors for the Ottawa Area. Part I – Fa. The 11^th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Victoria, July

Crane S., Motazedian D., and Hunter J., (2015), 2D Modelling of Seismic wave propagation through a soft soil basin: Kinburn, Canada. The 11^th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Victoria

Hayek S.  Hunter J., Motazedian D., Audet P. and Crane S. (2015), Studies of Weak Ground Motion Records over Soft Sediments Filled Basins in Ottawa ON The 11^th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Victoria, July, 2015

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

Hunter, J.A., D. Motazedian, H.L. Crow, G.R. Brooks, R.D. Miller, A.J-M. Pugin, S.E. Pullan, J. Xia (2010). “Near Surface Shear Wave Velocity Measurements for Soft Soil-Earthquake Hazard Assessment: Some Canadian Mapping Examples” in the book Recent Advances in Near Surface Geophysics, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, Oklahoma. [GSC and NSERC]

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

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

Crow, H.L., J.A. Hunter, A.J.-M. Pugin, and D. Motazedian (2010). “In situ damping measurements in Leda Clay within the Ottawa, ON area”, In proceedings of the 63rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Calgary, AB, September 2010.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Crow, H.L., M. Pyne, J.A. Hunter, D. Motazedian, and 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. [GSC and NSERC]

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, ON, June 2007. [NSERC]

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 Environmental and Engineering Problems (SAGEEP) Conference Bulletin, Denver, CO, April 2007.

Pugin, A.J.-M., Hunter, J.A., Motazedian, D. and Brooks, G.R., 2007. Shear wave reflection landstreamer technology applied to soil response evaluation of earthquake shaking in an urban area. 13th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Istanbul, Turkey,  3-5 September 2007, 5 p.

Crow H.L., 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, October 2007.

Hunter, J.A. and D. Motazedian (2006). “Shear Wave Velocity Measurements for Soft Soil Earthquake Response Evaluation in the Eastern Ottawa Region, Ontario, Canada”, SAGEEP Conference Bulletin, Seattle, WA, April 2006. [NSERC]

Meng J. and D. Motazedian (2006) “Frequency- Dependent Attenuation of Soils in Seismic Simulation”, In the proceedings of the 8th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering,  Paper No. 1749, San Francisco, CA, April 2006.