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Benedikt Halldórsson - Research Scientist

Benedikt Halldórsson

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School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Benedikt Halldórsson

Research Scientist

Director of Research

Location
VR-2
Email
skykkur [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering

ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5591-8757
Research portal – Benedikt Halldórsson
Under construction throughout the autumn semester 2023

Published works

2023

Towards physics-based finite-fault Monte Carlo PSHA for Southwest Iceland based on a new fault system model
Frequency-dependent site amplification functions for key geological units in Iceland from a Bayesian hierarchical model for earthquake strong-motionsSoil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
The EuroHPC Center of Excellence for Exascale in Solid Earth

2022

High spatial-resolution loss estimation using dense array strong-motion near-fault records. Case study for Hveragerði and the Mw6.3 Ölfus earthquake, South IcelandInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

2021

Ranking of ground-motion models (Gmms) for use in probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for iran based on an independent data setBulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Effects of different empirical ground motion models on seismic hazard maps for North IcelandSoil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Frequency-dependent site factors for the Icelandic strong-motion array from a Bayesian hierarchical model of the spatial distribution of spectral accelerationsEarthquake Spectra

2020

Bayesian inference of a physical seismological model for earthquake strong-motion in south IcelandSoil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Bayesian inference of empirical ground motion models to pseudo-spectral accelerations of south Iceland seismic zone earthquakes based on informative priorsSoil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

2019

Calibration of ground motion models to Icelandic peak ground acceleration data using Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulationBulletin of Earthquake Engineering
Selection of earthquake ground motion models using the deviance information criterionSoil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
On the manifestation of ground motion model differences on seismic Hazard sensitivity in North IcelandGeotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
Towards an automated Kappa measurement procedureGeotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
Bayesian hierarchical model of peak ground acceleration for the icelandic strong-motion arraysGeotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
Site effect estimation on two Icelandic strong-motion arrays using a Bayesian hierarchical model for the spatial distribution of earthquake peak ground accelerationSoil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Automatic estimation of earthquake high-frequency strong-motion spectral decay in south IcelandSoil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Empirical site classification of seismological stations in Chile using horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratios determined from recordings of large subduction-zone earthquakesSoil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

2018

Bayesian hierarchical model for variations in earthquake peak ground acceleration within small-aperture arraysEnvironmetrics

2017

Directional effects of tectonic fractures on ground motion site amplification from earthquake and ambient noise data: A case study in South IcelandSoil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
The 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal and its aftershocks: analysis of strong ground motionBulletin of Earthquake Engineering

2016

Detailed site effect estimation in the presence of strong velocity reversals within a small-aperture strong-motion array in IcelandSoil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Effects of tectonic regime and soil conditions on the pulse period of near-fault ground motionsSoil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

2013

Concerning baseline errors in the form of acceleration transients when recovering displacements from strong motion records using the undecimated wavelet transformBulletin of the Seismological Society of America

2012

Calibration of the specific barrier model to the NGA datasetSeismological Research Letters
Variations of the specific barrier model-part II: Effect of isochron distributionsBulletin of Earthquake Engineering
Variations of the specific barrier model-part I: Effect of subevent size distributionsBulletin of Earthquake Engineering

2011

Near-fault and far-field strong ground-motion simulation for earthquake engineering applications using the specific barrier modelJournal of Structural Engineering

2010

On the use of aftershocks when deriving ground-motion prediction equations9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2010, Including Papers from the 4th International Tsunami Symposium
Baseline correction made easier using an automated method based on the wavelet transform9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2010, Including Papers from the 4th International Tsunami Symposium
Estimating coseismic deformations from near source strong motion records: Methods and case studiesBulletin of Earthquake Engineering
Near-fault strong-motion array recordings of the M _w6.3 Ölfus earthquake on 29 may 2008 in Iceland9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2010, Including Papers from the 4th International Tsunami Symposium

2009

The M_w 6.3 Ölfus earthquake at 15:45 UTC on 29 May 2008 in South Iceland: ICEARRAY strong-motion recordingsSoil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
A note on the M _w 6.3 earthquake in Iceland on 29 May 2008 at 15:45 UTCBulletin of Earthquake Engineering
ICEARRAY: The first small-aperture, strong-motion array in IcelandJournal of Seismology
Reply to A. Rosenberger's "comment on 'converting strong-motion networks to arrays via common triggering' by B. Halldórsson and H. Avery"Seismological Research Letters
On fling and baseline correction using quadrature mirror filtersProceedings of the 12th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing
Converting strong-motion networks to arrays via common triggeringSeismological Research Letters

2007

A fast and efficient simulation of the far-fault and near-fault earthquake ground motions associated with the june 17 and 21, 2000, earthquakes in South IcelandJournal of Earthquake Engineering

2006

Application of the specific barrier model to the seismic fragility assessment of critical facilities8th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2006
Application of the Specific Barrier Model to the simulation of earthquake strong ground motions8th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2006

2005

Calibration of the specific barrier model to earthquakes of different tectonic regionsBulletin of the Seismological Society of America

2002

Earthquake motion input and its dissemination via the InternetEarthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration

1999

On modeling of earthquake wave motion and its effects on multi-support pipelinesActa Polytechnica Scandinavica, Civil Engineering and Building Construction Series

Keywords for Specialisation:

Earthquake seismology

Engineering seismology

Earthquake engineering

Earthquake monitoring

Earthquake strong-motion

Earthquake simulation

Ground motion simulation

Earthquake source modeling