Publications

Danciu L., D. Giardini, G. Weatherill, R. Basili, S. Nandan, A.Rovida, C. Beauval, PY.Bard, M. Pagani, C. Guillermo Reyes, K. Sesetyan, S. Vilanova, F. Cotton and S. Wiemer. The 2020 European Seismic Hazard Model : Overview and Results, submitted to NHESS (https://editor.copernicus.org/EGUsphere/ms_records/egusphere-2023-3062).

Basili R., L. Danciu, C. Beauval, K. Sesetyan, S.P. Vilanova et al. The European Fault-Source Model 2020 (EFSM20) : geologic input data for the European Seismic Hazard Model 2020, in review in NHESS (https://nhess.copernicus.org/preprints/nhess-2023-118/).

(39) Dallo I., Marti M., Valenzuela N et al. (2023). The communication strategy for the release of the first European Seismic Risk Model and the updated European Seismic Hazard Model, in press in NHESS (https://nhess.copernicus.org/preprints/nhess-2023-107/).

(38) Harrichhausen N., L. Audin, S. Baize, K. Johnson, C. Beauval, P. Jarrin et al. (2023). Fault source models show slip rates measured across the width of the entire fault zone best represent the observed seismicity of the Pallatanga–Puna fault, Ecuador, in press in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

(37) El Kadry S., Beauval C., Brax M., Bard PY., Vergnolle M., Klinger Y. (2023). A fault-based probabilistic seismic hazard model for Lebanon, controlling parameters and hazard levels, Bull Earthquake Eng 21, 3163–3197 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-023-01631-z (pdf ; esupp).

(36) Piña-Valdés J., A. Socquet, C. Beauval, M-P. Doin, N. D’Agostino, Z-K. Shen (2022). 3D GNSS Velocity Field sheds light on the Deformation Mechanisms in Europe : Effects of the vertical crustal motion on the distribution of seismicity, Journal of Geophysical Research, in press, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB023451.

(35) Aristizabal, C., PY. Bard, and C. Beauval (2022). Combined Effects of Single-Station-Sigma, Host-to-Target Adjustments and Nonlinear Behavior in Site-Specific PSHA : A Case Study at Euroseistest, the Italian Journal of Geosciences, https://doi.org/10.3301/IJG.2022.02.

(34) Danciu L., Nandan S., Reyes C., Basili R., Weatherill G., Beauval C., Rovida A., Vilanova S., Sesetyan K., Bard P-Y., Cotton F., Wiemer S., Giardini D. (2021) - The 2020 update of the European Seismic Hazard Model : Model Overview. EFEHR Technical Report 001, v1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.12686/a15

(33) Beauval C. and P-Y. Bard (2021). History of probabilistic seismic hazard assessment studies and seismic zonations in mainland France, Comptes Rendus Géoscience, 353, S1, 413-440, https://doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.95 (pdf).

(32) Chlieh M, Beauval C, Yepes H, Marinière J, Saillard M and Audin L (2021). Seismic and Aseismic Cycle of the Ecuador–Colombia Subduction Zone. Front. Earth Sci. 9:701720. doi : 10.3389/feart.2021.701720

(31) Marinière J., C. Beauval, JM. Nocquet, M. Chlieh and H. Yepes (2021). Earthquake recurrence model for the Colombia-Ecuador subduction zone constrained from seismic and geodetic data, implication for PSHA, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 111 (3) : 1508–1528, https://doi.org/10.1785/0120200338 (pdf).

(30) Beauval C., PY. Bard and L. Danciu (2020). The influence of source- and ground-motion model choices on probabilistic seismic hazard levels at 6 sites in France. Bull Earthquake Eng 18, 4551–4580 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-020-00879-z (pdf).

(29) Marinière J., JM. Nocquet, C. Beauval, J. Champenois, L. Audin, A. Alvarado, S. Baize, A. Socquet (2020). Geodetic evidence for shallow creep along the Quito fault, Ecuador, Geophysical Journal International, 220(3), 2039–2055, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggz564.

(28) Brax M., P. Albini, C. Beauval, R. Jomaa and A. Sursock (2019). An Earthquake Catalog for for the Lebanese region, Seismological Research Letter, 90 (6) : 2236-2249 (pdf).

(27) Aristizabal, C., PY. Bard, C. Beauval and JC. Gomez (2018). Integration of site effects into PSHA : a comparison between two fully probabilistic methods on the Euroseistest site, Geosciences, 8 (8), ISSN 2076-3263.

(26) Beauval C., J. Marinière, H. Yepes, L. Audin, JM. Nocquet, A. Alvarado, S. Baize, J. Aguilar, JC Singaucho, and H. Jomard (2018). A New Seismic Hazard Model for Ecuador, BSSA, 108 (3A) : 1443-1464 (pdf).

(25) Rey J., C. Beauval and J. Douglas (2018). Do French macroseismic intensity observations agree with expectations from the European Seismic Hazard Model 2013 ? Journal of Seismology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-017-9724-7 (pdf).

(24) Beauval C. , J. Marinière, Laurendeau A., J-C Singaucho Armas, C. Viracucha, M. Vallée, E. Maufroy, D. Mercerat, H. Yepes, M. Ruiz, A. Alvarado (2017). Comparison of observed ground-motion attenuation for the 2016/04/16 M7.8 Ecuador interface earthquake and its two largest aftershocks with existing ground-motion prediction equations, Seismological Research Letter, DOI : 10.1785/0220160150 (pdf).

(23) Yepes H., L. Audin, A. Alvarado, C. Beauval, J. Aguilar, Y. Font and F. Cotton (2016). A new view of Ecuador’s geodynamic context and its implications for seismogenic sources definition and seismic hazard assessment, Tectonics, 35, doi:10.1002/2015TC003941.

(22) Strasser F., P. Albini, N. Flint and C. Beauval (2015). 20th century seismicity of the Koffiefontein region (Free State, South Africa) : Consistent determination of earthquake catalogue parameters from mixed data types, Journal of Seismology, 19, 4, 915-934.

(21) Walpersdorf, A. ; Sue, C. ; Baize, S. ; et al. (2015). Coherence between geodetic and seismic deformation in a context of slow tectonic activity (SW Alps, France), Journal of Geodynamics, 85, 58-65.

(20) Beauval C., H. Yepes, L. Audin, A. Alvarado, J-M. Nocquet, D. Monelli, and L. Danciu (2014). Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment in Quito, estimates and uncertainties, Seismological Research Letter, 85, 6, doi : 10.1785/0220140036 (pdf).

(19) Tasan H., C. Beauval, A. Helmstetter, A. Sandikkaya and Ph. Guéguen (2014). Testing probabilistic seismic hazard estimates against accelerometric data in two countries : France and Turkey, Geoph. Journal Int., 198 (3), 1554-1571, ISSN 0956-540X (pdf).

(18) Nocquet JM, JC Villegas-Lanza, M. Chlieh, P. Mothes, F. Rolandone, P. Jarrin, D. Cisneros, A. Alvarado, L. Audin, F. Bondoux, X. Martin, Y. Font, M. Regnier, M. Vallee, D.T. Tran, C. Beauval, J. Maguiña Mendoza, W. Martinez, H. Tavera, and H. Yepes (2014). Continental slivers motion and creeping subduction in the Northern Andes, Nature Geoscience, v. 7, 4, p. 287-291.

(17) Beauval C., H. Yepes, P. Palacios, M. Segovia, A. Alvarado, Y. Font, J. Aguilar, L. Troncoso, and S. Vaca (2013). An earthquake catalog for seismic hazard assessment in Ecuador, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., v. 103, p. 773-786, doi:10.1785/0120120270 (pdf).

(16) Beauval C., H. Tasan, A. Laurendeau, E. Delavaud, F. Cotton, Ph. Guéguen, and N. Kuehn (2012). On the testing of ground-motion prediction equations against small magnitude data, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 102 (5), 1994-2007, doi : 10.1785/0120110271 (pdf).

(15) Delavaud, E., F. Cotton, S. Akkar, F. Scherbaum, L. Danciu, C. Beauval, S. Drouet, J. Douglas, R. Basili, M.A. Sandikkaya, M. Segou, E. Faccioli and N. Theodoulidis (2012). Toward a Ground-Motion Logic Tree for Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment in Europe, Journal of Seismology, DOI 10.1007/s10950-012-9281-z.

(14) Beauval C. (2011). On the use of observations for constraining probabilistic seismic hazard estimates-brief review of existing methods, Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, Faber, Köhlrt & Nishijima eds, Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-0-145-66986-3, 763-767 (pdf).

(13) Le Goff B., Fitzenz D., Beauval C. (2010). Towards a bayesian seismotectonic zoning for use in Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment (PSHA), Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods, Science and Engineering, Volume 1305.

(12) Beauval C., P-Y. Bard and J. Douglas (2010). Comment on « Test of seismic hazard map from 500 years of recorded intensity data in Japan » by Masatoshi Miyazawa and Jim Mori, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 100, 3329-3331 (pdf).

(11) Beauval C., H. Yepes, W. Bakun, J. Egred, A. Alvarado and J-C. Singaucho (2010). Locations and magnitudes of historical earthquakes in the Sierra of Ecuador (1587-1996), Geophys. J. Int., DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04569.x (pdf).

(10) Beauval C., L. Honoré and F. Courboulex (2009). Ground-motion variability and implementation of a probabilistic-deterministic method, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 99, 2992-3002 (pdf).

(9) Beauval C., PY. Bard, S. Hainzl and Ph. Guéguen (2008). Can strong-motion observations be used to constrain probabilistic seismic hazard estimates ?, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 98, 509-520 (pdf).

(8) Faenza L., S. Hainzl, F. Scherbaum and C. Beauval (2007). Statistical analysis of time-dependent earthquake occurrence and its impact on hazard in the low seismicity region Lower Rhine Embayment, Geophys. J. Int., 171(2), 797-806.

(7) Beauval C., S. Hainzl and F. Scherbaum (2006). The impact of the spatial uniform distribution of seismicity on probabilistic seismic hazard estimation, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 96, 2465-2471 (pdf).

(6) Beauval C., O. Scotti and L.F. Bonilla (2006). The role of seismicity models in probabilistic seismic hazard estimation, comparison of a zoning and a smoothing approach, Geophys. J. Int., 165, 2, 584-596 (pdf).

(5) Beauval C., S. Hainzl and F. Scherbaum (2006). Probabilistic seismic hazard estimation in low-seismicity regions considering non-Poissonian occurrence, Geophys. J. Int., 164, 543-550 (pdf).

(4) Hainzl S., F. Scherbaum and C. Beauval (2006). Estimating background activity based on interevent-time distribution, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 96, 313-320 (pdf).

(3) Beauval C. and O. Scotti (2004). Quantifying sensitivities of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment for France to earthquake catalogue uncertainties, truncation of ground-motion variability and magnitude limits, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 94(5), 1579-1594 (pdf).

(2) Beauval C. and O. Scotti (2003). Mapping b-values in France using two different magnitude ranges : possible non power-law behavior, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(17), 1892, doi:10.1029/2003GL017576 (pdf).

(1) Beauval C., Bard P-Y., Moczo P. and J. Kristek (2003). Quantification of frequency-dependent lengthening of seismic ground- motion duration due to local geology : application to the Volvi area (Greece), Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 93, 371-385 (pdf).

Some Proceedings in International Conferences

Beauval C., F. Cotton, N. Abrahamson, N. Theodulidis, E. Delavaud, L. Rodriguez, F. Scherbaum, A. Haendel (2012). Regional differences in subduction ground motions, WCEE 2012, Lisboa, (pdf, 10 pages).

HDR (in English)

Beauval C. (2020). Informed PSHA : transparent treatment of uncertainties and enhanced contribution from Earth Science. Mémoire d’Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Grenoble Alpes University, 233 p.

PhD thesis (half in French)

Beauval C. (2003). Analyse des incertitudes dans une estimation probabiliste de l’aléa sismique, exemple de la France, Thèse de doctorat de l’Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, préparé au Bureau d’Evaluation des Risques Sismiques pour la Sûreté des Installations Nucléaires à l’IRSN, Fontenay-aux-Roses, 161 pages (pdf).