Publications (listed by year)

USGS Administrative Reports

• Seismic instrumentation of buildings (with emphasis on Federal buildings), Special GSA/USGS Project, An Administrative Report,  ,  by Çelebi, M. 2000. (PDF format, 1.0 Mb)

USGS Circulars

• Strong-Motion Program Reports (1985)

• Catalogues of U.S. Geological Survey Strong-Motion Records (1986 - 1994)

• Integrated instrumentation plan for assessing the seismic response of structures; a review of the current USGS program, USGS Circular 947, 39 p. by Çelebi, M., Safak, E., Brady A., Maley, R., and Sotoudeh, Vahid, 1987. (PDF format, 5.4 Mb) 

• Implications for earthquake risk reduction in the United States from the Kocaeli, Turkey, Earthquake of August 17, 1999, USGS Circular 1193, 71 p. by Holzer, T.L., Barka, A.A., Carver, D., Çelebi, M, Cranswick, E., Dawson, T., Dieterich, J.H., Ellsworth, W.L., Fumal, T., Gross, J.L., Langridge, R., Lettis, W.R., Meremonte, M., Mueller, C., Olsen, R.S., Ozel, O., Parsons, T., Phan, L.T., Rockwell, T., Safak, E., Stein, R.S., Stenner, H., Toda, S., Toprak, S., 2000.

USGS Digital Data Series

• Digitized Strong-Motion Accelerograms of North and Central American Earthquakes 1933-1986, U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-7, by Seekins, L.C., Brady, A.G., Carpenter, C., and Brown, N., 1992.

USGS Fact Sheets

• Seismic Maps Foster Landmark Legislation, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet-097-95, by Borcherdt, R.D, Brown, R.B., Page, R.A., Wentworth, C.M., and Hendley, J.W., 1995.

• The Los Angeles Dam Story, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet-096-95, by Page, R.A., Boore, D.M., and Yerkes, R.F., 1995.

• Building Safer Structures, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet-167-95, by Celebi, M., Page, R.A., and Seekins, L., 1995.

• Saving Lives Through Better Design Standards, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet-173-95, by Celebi, M., Spudich, P.A., Page, R.A., and Stauffer, P.H., 1995.

• Monitoring Earthquake Shaking in Buildings to Reduce Loss of Life and Property, by Mehmet Çelebi, Robert A. Page, and Erdal Safak, 2003.  

USGS Open-File Reports 

• Local Multi-Station Digital Recordings of Aftershocks of the January 9, 1982 New Brunswick Earthquake, USGS OF 82-777; by Edward Cranswick, Charles Mueller, R. Wetmiller, and Eugene Sembera, 1982, 267 p.

• Report on recommended list of structures for seismic instrumentation in the San Francisco Bay region, USGS OF 84-0488, 36 p.; by Çelebi, M. (chairperson), Arnold, C., Bertero, V., Borcherdt, Roger D., Brady, G., Fedock, J., Gates, J., Maley, R., Mortgat, C., Rojahn, C., Safak, E., Shah, H., Zacker, E., 1984. (PDF format, 2.6 Mb)

• Report on recommended list of structures for seismic instrumentation in San Bernardino county, California, USGS OF 85-583, 18 p.; by Çelebi, M. (chairperson), Brady, G., Rojahn, C., Iwan, W., Hart, G., Pardoen, G., Schoelkopt, L., Haskell, R., Topping, K., Safak, E., and Maley, R., 1985. (PDF format, 2.5 Mb)

• Preliminary report on aftershock sequence for earthquake of January 31, 1986 near Painesville, Ohio (time period: 2/1/86 - 2/10/86): USGS OF 86-181 , edited by Borcherdt, R.D., 1986, 105 p.

• Report on recommended list of structures for seismic instrumentation in Southeastern United States, USGS OF 86-398, 22 p. by Çelebi, M. (Coordinator), Bagwell, J., Elling, R., Lindberg, C. (Chair), Maley, R., Pool, R., Radziminski, J., Simmons, C., Smits, D., Sparks, P., and Talwani, P., 1986.  (PDF format, 1.9 Mb)

• Report on recommended list of structures for seismic instrumentation in the New Madrid region, USGS OF 87-59, 37 p., by Çelebi, M. (Coordinator), Cassaro, M., Durbin, W. (Chairman), Gould, P., Graham, W., Johnston, A., Karabinis, H., Lin, A., Maley, R., Nuttli, O., Schwalbe, G., Theiss, J., Walsh, M., and Winstead, T., 1987. (PDF format, 2.4 Mb)

• Report on recommended list of structures for seismic instrumentation in the Los Angeles region, USGS OF 88-277, 23p.; by Çelebi, M. (Coordinator), Brady, G., Deppe, K., Gates, W., Hart, G. (Chairman), Haskell, R., Iwan, W., Lord, J., Maley, R., Ostrom, D., Rojahn, C., Safak, E., Schmid, B., Schoelkopf, L., Zaropapel, B., and Zeller, E., 1988.  (PDF format, 1.5 Mb)

• Report on recommended list of structures for seismic instrumentation in Alaska, USGS OF 88-278, 50 p.; by Çelebi, M. (Coordinator), Aho, J., Cole, D. (Chairman), Davies, J., Glaum, L., Maley, R., Smith, T., Updike, R., Watts, R., 1988.  (PDF format, 3.1 Mb)

• Report on recommended list of structures for seismic instrumentation in the Boston region, USGS OF 88-351, 76 p., by Çelebi, M. (Coordinator), Becker, J., Fratto, E., Kadinsky-Cade, K., Kausel, E., Luft, R., Maley, R., Remmer, N., Toksoz, N., Whitman, R. (Chairman), 1988. (PDF format, 5.2 Mb)

• Digital recordings of aftershocks of the 1 October 1987 Whittier Narrows, California, earthquake, USGS OF 88-688, 40 p. ,  by Mueller, C., Dietel, C., Glassmoyer, G., Noce, T., Sembera, E., Spudich, P., and Watson, J., 1988.

• Report on list of structures recommended for seismic instrumentation in the Puget Sound area, Washington, USGS OF 89-374, 61 p.; by Çelebi, M. (Coordinator), Olsen, B. (Chairman), Bush, L., Clark, J., Crosson, R., Grant, P., Halverson, H., Hawkins, N., Hancock, W., Kinsman, T., Maley, R., Noson, L., Pearson, C., and Vasishth, U., 1989. (PDF format, 4.4 Mb)

• Digital recordings of aftershocks of the 17 October 1989 Loma Prieta, California, earthquake, USGS OF 90-503, 147 p., by Mueller, Charles, and Glassmoyer, Gary, 1990.

• Recommendations for a soil-structure interaction experiment, USGS OF 92-295, 15p., by Çelebi, M., Lysmer, J., and Luco, J.E., 1992. (PDF format, 1.3 Mb)

• BAP: Basic Strong-Motion Accelerogram Processing Software; Version 1.0, USGS OF 92-296A, 180 p., by Converse, A.M., and Brady, A.G., 1992. (PDF format)

• Review of seismic-hazard issues associated with the Auburn Dam project, Sierra Nevada foothills, California: USGS OF 96-0ll, 18 p., by Schwartz, D.P., Joyner, W.B., Stein, R.S., Brown, R.D., McGarr, A.F., Hickman, S.H., and Bakun, W.H., 1996.

• Seismic instrumentation of federal buildings; A proposal document for consideration by federal agencies: USGS OF 98-117, 38 p., by Çelebi, M.; Nishenko, Stuart; Astill, Clifford; and Chung, R.M., 1998. (PDF format, 1.4 Mb)

• Seismic Instrumentation of Buildings, USGS OF, 00-157, 37 p., by Celebi, M., 2000. (PDF format, 0.8 Mb)

• Main shock and aftershocks records of the 1999 Izmit and Duzce, Turkey earthquakes, USGS OF 01-163, by Celebi, M. (Editor), Akkar, S., Gulerce, U., Sanli, A., Bundock, H., and Salkin, A., 2001.

• Borehole P- and S-wave velocity at thirteen stations in southern California, USGS OF 01-506, 121 p., by Gibbs, J.F., Boore, D.M, Tinsley, J.C., and Mueller, C.S., 2001. (PDF format, 5.6 Mb)

• Borehole velocity measurements at five sites that recorded the Cape Mendocino, California earthquake of 25 April, 1992, USGS OF 02-203, 53 p. , by Gibbs, J.F., Tinsley, J.C., and Boore, D.M., 2002. (PDF format, 5.2 Mb)

• A compendium of P- and S-wave velocities from surface-to-borehole logging:  Summary and reanalysis of previously published data and analysis of unpublished data, USGS OF 03-191, 14 p., by Boore, D.M., 2003. (PDF format, 165 Kb)

• Seismic response analysis of a 13-story steel moment-framed building in Alhambra, California, USGS OF 2004-1338, 143 p., by Rodgers, J.E., Sanli, A.K, and Çelebi, M, 2004. (PDF format, 11.6 Mb)

• Ambient vibration and earthquake strong-motion data sets for selected USGS extensively instrumented buildings, USGS OF 2004-1375, 31p., by Dunand, F., Rodgers, J.E., Acosta, A.V., Salsman, M., Bard, P-Y, and Çelebi, M, 2004 (PDF format, 4.8 Mb)

• A proposed method for the detection of steel moment connection fractures using high-frequency, transient accelerations, USGS OF 2005-1375, 88p., by Rodgers, Janise E. and Çelebi, Mehmet, 2005 (PDF format, 5.9 Mb)

• Calibration of PS09, PS10, PS11 Trans-Alaska Pipeline System strong-motion instruments, with acceleration, velocity, and displacement records of the Denali Fault Earthquake, 03 November 2002, USGS OF 2006-1028, 55p., by Evans, John R., Jensen, E. Gray, Sell, Russell, Stephens, Christopher D., Nyman, Douglas J., Hamilton, Robert C., and Hager, William C., 2006 (PDF format, 14.7 Mb)

USGS Professional Papers

• Performance of building structures - a summary, in The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989 - Building Structures (M. Çelebi, ed), USGS Prof. Paper 1552-C, p. c1-c76, 1998.   (PDF format; 10.9 Mb size)

Professional Reports and Journal Papers

• A General Earthquake Observation System (GEOS),  in Bulletin Seismological Society of America, v. 75, p. 1783-1825, by Borcherdt, R.D., Fletcher, J.P., Jensen, E.G., Maxwell, G.L., VanSchaak, J.R., Warrick, R.E., Cranswick, E., Johnston, M.J.S., and McClearn, R., 1985.

• Topographical and geological amplifications determined from strong-motion and aftershock records of the 3 March 1985 Chile earthquake, in BSSA, v. 77, no. 4, p. 1147-1167, by Çelebi, M, 1987. (PDF format, 7.9 Mb)

• Topographical and geological amplification: case studies and engineering implications, in Structural Safety, v. 10, p. 199-217, by Çelebi, M, 1991, (PDF format, 1.7 Mb)

• Dynamic characteristics of five tall buildings during strong and low-amplitude motions, in The Structural Design of Tall Buildings, v. 2, p. 1-15, by Çelebi, M., Phan, L.T., and Marshall, R.D., 1993. (PDF format, 1.2 Mb)

• Successful performance of a base-isolated hospital building during the 17 January 1994 Northridge earthquake: in The Structural Design of Tall Buildings, v. 5, p. 95-109 , by Çelebi, M. 1996.  (PDF format, 1.4 Mb)

• Equations for estimating horizontal response spectra and peak acceleration from western North America earthquakes: A Summary of recent work (with 2005 erratum), in Seismological Research Letters, v. 68, no. 1, p. 128-153, by Boore, D.M., Joyner, W.B., and Fumal, T.E.,1997. (PDF format, 2.1 Mb)

• The Adana-Ceyhan Earthquake of June 27, 1998, Learning From Earthquakes. EERI Special Earthquake Report, in Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Newsletter, September 1998, v. 32, no. 9, p 1-5, by Çelebi, M. 1998.

• Revelations from a single strong-motion record retrieved during the 27 June, 1998 Adana (Turkey) Earthquake, in Internation Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Bergen, Norway, July 1999. by Çelebi, M. 1999. (PDF format)

• Strong-motion, site-effects and hazard issues in rebuilding Turkey; in light of the 17 August, 1999 Earthquake and its aftershocks, in ITU-IAHS International Conference on the Kocaeli Earthquake - 17 August 1999: A Scientific Assessment and Recommendations for Re-building, December 2-5, 1999, Istanbul, Turkey, by Çelebi, M., Topak, S., and Holzer, T., 1999. (PDF format, 1.6 Mb)

• SEA99: A revised ground motion prediction relation for use in extensional tectonic regimes, in BSSA, v. 89, no. 5, p. 1156-1170. Spudich, P., Joyner, W.B., Lindh, G., Boore, D.M., Margaris, B.M. and Fletcher, J.B., 1999,  (SEA99 coefficients)

• GPS in dynamic monitoring of long-period structures, in Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, v. 20, p. 477-483, by Çelebi, M, 2000, (PDF format, 0.9 Mb)

• Current practice and guidelines for USGS instrumentation of buildings including Federal buildings, COSMOS Workshop on Structural Instrumentation, Emeryville, CA, November 14-15, 2001, 33 p.,  by Çelebi, M., 2001.  (PDF format, 1.6 Mb)

• Recommendations for soil structure interaction (SSI) instrumentation, COSMOS Workshop on Structural Instrumentation, Emeryville, CA, November 14-15, 2001, 18 p.,  by Çelebi, M. and Crouse, C.B., 2001.  (PDF format, 0.3 Mb)

• Comments on baseline correction of digital strong-motion data: Examples from the 1999 Hector Mine, California, earthquake, in BSSA, v. 70, p. 1543-1560 by Boore, D.M., Stephens, C.D., and Joyner, W.B., 2002. (PDF format, 1.8 Mb) 

• GPS in pioneering dynamic monitoring of long-period structures, in Earthquake Spectra, v. 18, no. 1, p. 47-61. by Çelebi, M., and Sanli, A., 2002. (PDF format, 2.0 Mb)

• Identification of site frequencies from building records, in Earthquake Spectra, v. 19, No. 1, p. 1-23. by Çelebi, M., 2003. (PDF format, 1.4 Mb)

• Simulation of ground motion using the stochastic method, in Pure and Applied Geophysics, v.  160, p. 635--675, by Boore, D.M., 2003 (PDF format 2.6 Mb)

• Some notes on phase derivatives and simulating strong ground motions, in BSSA, v. 93, no. 3, p. 1132--1143, by Boore, D.M., 2003, (PDF format, 1.3 Mb)

• Empirical ground-motion relations for subduction zone earthquakes and their application to Cascadia and other regions, in BSSA, v. 93, no. 4, p. 1703-1729, by Atkinson, G.M., and Boore, D.M., 2003, (PDF format, 892 Kb)

• Analog-to-digital conversion as a source of drifts in displacements derived from digital recordings of ground acceleration, in BSSA, v. 93, no. 5, p. 2017-2024, by Boore, D.M., 2003, (PDF format, 336 Kb)

• Effect of causal and acausal filters on elastic and inelastic response spectra, in Earthquake Eng. and Structural Dynamics, v. 32, p. 1729-1748, by Boore, D.M, and Akkar, S., 2003, (PDF format, 2.0 Mb)

• Real-time seismic monitoring needs of a building owner---and the solution:  a cooperative effort, in Earthquake Spectra, v. 20, no. 2, p. 333-346, by Çelebi, M., Sanli, A., Gallant, S., and Radulescu, D., 2004. (PDF format, 10.5 Mb)

• Response of a 14-story Anchorage, Alaska, building in 2002 to two close earthquakes and two distant Denali fault earthquakes, in Earthquake Spectra, v. 20, No. 3, p. 693-706, by Çelebi, M., 2004. (PDF format, 2.3 Mb)

• Near-field ground motion of the 2002 Denali fault, Alaska, earthquake recorded at Pump Station 10, in Earthquake Spectra, v. 20, No. 3, p. 597-615 by Ellsworth, W.L., Çelebi, M., Evans, J.R., Jensen, E.G., Kayen, R., Metz, M.C., Nyman, D.J., Roddick, J.W., Spudich, P., and Stephens, C.D., 2004. (PDF format, 0.7 Mb)

• Real-time seismic monitoring of the new Cape Girardeau Bridge and preliminary analyses of recorded data: an overview, in Earthquake Spectra, v. 22, no. 3, p. 609-630, by Çelebi, M., 2006. (PDF format, 7.6 Mb)

• Seismic response and damage detection analyses of an instrumented steel moment-framed building, in Journal of Structural Engineering, p. 1543-1552, by Rodgers, J. E. and Çelebi, M., 2006. (PDF format, 6.7 Mb)

• Recorded earthquake responses from the integrated seismic monitoring network of the Atwood Building, Anchorage, Alaska, in Earthquake Spectra, v. 22, no. 4, p. 847-864, by Çelebi, M., 2006. (PDF format, 3.4 Mb)

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Presentations

• Earthquake Ground Shaking and its Potential Effects in the San Francisco Bay Region for a Repeat of the Great 1906 Earthquake
  presented by R.D. Borcherdt, G. Glassmoyer, and C. Wentworth.
  [An automatically advancing slide show with 41 slides; 1.8Mb without narration, 8.8Mb with narration]

• Integrated Strong-Motion, Soil-Response Arrays in San Francisco, California
  by R.D. Borcherdt, H.-P. Liu, R.E. Warrick, R E. Westerlund, and J.F. Gibbs.
  
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Documentation

• SMC Data Format Documentation  (html version);  smcfmt.txt (text version)  (Updated 08/31/2001)

• BAP Version 1.0 Manual  (PDF format, 1Mb size)

• Changes from BAP Version 1.0 to Version 1.1

Software

• Basic Strong-Motion Accelerogram Processing (BAP) software  (version 1.1)

• Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF reader)

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