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Puente Hills
Puente Hills Fault posses a disaster threat for Los Angeles region. Earthquake simulations on this fault estimate damages over $250 billion. The research was conducted by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC). More information about the study could be found at the SCEC research webpage .
Visualizations created by using the data computed from earthquake simulations helps one to fathom the propagation of siesmic waves and the areas affected. Animations were created using SDSC's Vista volume renderer, Alias's Maya and Adobe's After Effects.
| Data Type: | Scalar surface data (LSB floats -velocity components & mag) | Data Source: | SCEC | |
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| Visualization Type: | Volume rendering | Software: | VISTA (Volume Renderer), Maya, After Effects | |
| Data Size: | 2,800 surfaces 300x220x1 | Software Archive: | SRB | |
| Data Volume: | 3.5 GB | Computing Cluster: | Teragrid |
| Visualization Credits: | Amit Chourasia, Steve Cutchin - Visualization Services, SDSC |
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| Simulation Credits: | Robert Graves - URS Corporation; SCEC and USGS |
Surface Topography 3D Movies |
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| Y Ground Velocity | |
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Movies: Y Ground Velocity on Topography
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| X Ground Velocity | |
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Movies: X Ground Velocity on Topography
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| Ground Velocity (Magnitude) | |
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Movies: Ground Velocity(magnitude) on Topography
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Surface 2D Movies |
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| Cumulative Velocity | |
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Movies: Cumulative Velocity
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Movies: Cumulative Velocity (inUSGS color Scheme)
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| Instantaneous Peak Velocity | |
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Movies: Instantaneous Peak Velocity
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Movies: Instantaneous Peak Velocity (in USGS color Scheme)
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| Velocity Components (Instantaneous ) | |
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Movies: Instantaneous X Ground Velocity
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Movies: Instantaneous Y Ground Velocity
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Movies: Instantaneous Z Ground Velocity
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