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Sanjay BoraEngineering Seismologist

Bora Sanjay 3684

Pronouns

He, Him

Department

Earthquake Physics and Statistics

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Qualifications

  • MTech, Computational Seismology
  • PhD, Geophysics
  • MSc, Physics

Areas of expertise

  • Geophysics: Seismology
  • Geophysics: Data processing
  • Geophysics: Earthquake analysis
  • Geophysics: Seismic hazard models
  • Geophysics: Hazard and risk assessment
  • Geophysics: Near-surface wave propogation effects
  • Geophysics: Earthquake hazard modelling
  • Geophysics: Earthquake strong-motion
  • Geophysics: Strong motion accelerogram analysis
  • Geophysics: Seismic hazard assessment
  • Geophysics: Shaking intensity maps
  • Geophysics: Site/basin effects
  • Geophysics: Stochastic Modelling
  • Geophysics: ShakeMaps

Major Publications

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  • Bradley, B.A.; Bora, SS..; Lee, R.L.; Manea, E.F.; Gerstenberger, M.C.; Stafford, P.J.; Atkinson, G.M.; Weatherill, G.; Hutchinson, J.; de la Torre, C.A.; Hulsey, A.; Kaiser, A.E.; Van Dissen, R.J. 2022. Summary of the ground-motion characterisation model for the 2022 New Zealand National Seismic Hazard Model DOI: 10.21420/9BMK-ZK64. Lower Hutt, NZ: GNS Science. GNS Science report 2022/46 44 p.
  • Bora, S.S.; Bradley, B.; Manea, E.F.; Gerstenberger, M.C.; DiCaprio, C.; Lee, R.; Stafford, P.; Atkinson, G.; Weatherhill, G.; Kaiser, A.E.; Van Dissen, R.J. 2022. GMCM sensitivity analysis for the 2022 New Zealand National Seismic Hazard, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society 2022 National Conference, 24-25 November, Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia : 10 p.. 10 p.
  • Gerstenberger, M.C.; Bora, S.S.; Bradley, B.A.; DiCaprio, C.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Atkinson, G.M.; Chamberlain, C.; Christophersen, A.; Clark, K.J.; Coffey, G.L.; de la Torre, C.A.; Ellis, S.M.; Fraser, J.; Graham, K.M.; Griffin, J.; Hamling, I.J.; Hill, M.P 2022. New Zealand National Seismic Hazard Model 2022 revision : model, hazard and process overview DOI: 10.21420/TB83-7X19. GNS Science report 2022/57 106 p.
  • Tafreshi, M.D.F.; Bora, S.S.; Mirzaei, N.; Ghofrani, H.; Kazemian, J. 2021. Spectral models for seismological source parameters, path attenuation and site-effects in Alborz region of northern Iran, Geophysical Journal International 227(1): p. 350-367. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggab227. p. 350-367
  • Bard, P.-Y.; Bora, S.S.; Hollender, F.; Laurendeau, A.; Traversa, P. 2020. Are the standard VS-Kappa host-to-target adjustments the only way to get consistent hard-rock ground motion prediction?, Pure and Applied Geophysics 177(5): p. 2049-2068. DOI: 10.1007/s00024-019-02173-9. p. 2049-2068
  • Bora, S.S.; Cotton, F.; Scherbaum, F. 2019. NGA-West2 empirical fourier and duration models to generate adjustable response spectra, Earthquake Spectra 55(1): p. 61-93. DOI: 10.1193%2F110317EQS228M. p. 61-93
  • Mayor, J.; Bora, S.S.; Cotton, F. 2018. Capturing regional variations of hard-rock κ0 from coda analysis, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 108(1): p. 399-408. DOI: 10.1785/0120170153. p. 399-408
  • Bora, S.S.; Cotton, F.; Scherbaum, F.; Edwards, B.; Traversa, P. 2017. Stochastic source, path and site attenuation parameters and associated variabilities for shallow crustal European earthquakes, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 15(11): p. 4531-4561. DOI: 10.1007/s10518-017-0167-x. p. 4531-4561
  • Bora, S.S.; Scherbaum, F.; Kuehn, N.; Stafford, P. 2016. On the relationship between fourier and response spectra : implications for the adjustment of empirical ground-motion prediction equations (GMPEs), Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 106(3): p. 1235-1253. DOI: 10.1785/0120150129. p. 1235-1253
  • Gianniotis, N.; Schnörr, C.; Molkenthin, C.; Bora, S.S. 2016. Approximate variational inference based on a finite sample of Gaussian latent variables, Pattern Analysis and Applications 19(2): p. 475-485. DOI: 10.1007/s10044-015-0496-9. p. 475-485
  • Bora, S.S.; Scherbaum, F.; Kuehn, N.; Stafford, P.; Edwards, B. 2015. Development of a response spectral ground-motion prediction equation (GMPE) for seismic-hazard analysis from empirical Fourier spectral and duration models, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 105(4): p. 2192-2218. DOI: 10.1785/0120140297. p. 2192-2218
  • Bora, S.S.; Scherbaum, F.; Kuehn, N.; Stafford, P. 2014. Fourier spectral- and duration models for the generation of response spectra adjustable to different source-, propagation-, and site conditions, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 12(1): p. 467-493. DOI: 10.1007/s10518-013-9482-z. p. 467-493
  • Douglas, J.; Akkar, S.; Ameri, G.; Bard, P.-Y.; Bindi, D.; Bommer, J.J.; Bora, S.S.; Cotton, F.; Derras, B.; Hermkes, M.; Kuehn, N.M.; Luzi, L. 2014. Comparisons among the five ground-motion models developed using RESORCE for the prediction of response spectral accelerations due to earthquakes in Europe and the Middle East, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 12(1): p. 341-358. DOI: 10.1007/s10518-013-9522-8. p. 341-358

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