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GEER Team Responds to Niigata-Ken-Oki Earthquake of July 16
A select group of GeoEngineering Earthquake Reconnaissance (GEER) Association members, including PEER representatives, along with EERI LFE and ASCE TCLEE teams, will prepare a unified report on the effects of the Niigata-Ken-Oki Earthquake that occurred on July 16, 2007. Also involved will be other U.S. organizations such as the NRC, the NSF Earthquake Engineering Research Centers, and state organizations. This effort will be coordinated with the appropriate Japanese authorities and earthquake engineers.
The team is composed of both senior and junior geo-engineers including Robert Kayen (team leader) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Scott Ashford of Oregon State University (OSU); Scott Brandenburg of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA); Brian Collins of USGS; Steve Dickenson of OSU; and Yohsuke Kawamata of OSU. An effort was made to bring in members who had not been supported on recent NSF-supported reconnaissance efforts, while ensuring that some with experience in recent post-earthquake reconnaissance efforts in Japan were included.
Questions concerning this report may be directed to Rob Kayan of USGS at rkayen@usgs.gov, or Jonathan Bray of the University of California, Berkeley, at bray@ce.berkeley.edu.