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Carlos I. Huerta-López
Education
Doctor of Philosophy.
The University of Texas at Austin. Austin, Texas, USA., Institute for Geophysics/Civil Engineering Department.
11/2001.
Geophysics/Seismology/Engineering Seismology/Civil Engineering.
Master of Science
Center of Scientific Research and Graduate Studies at Ensenada (Centro de Investigación
Científica y Educación Superior de Ensenada, CICESE),Seismology Department, Earth
Sciences Division, Ensenada B.C., Mexico, 06/1985.
Geophysics/Seismology.
Bachelor of Science
National Polytechnic Institute (Instituto Politécnico Nacional), School of Earth Sciences, Mexico,
06/1984. Geophysicist Engineer.
Continuing and Extended Education
Static and Dynamic Structural Analysis under seismic excitations (24 hour course): lectured by personnel of Faculty
of Engineering (UNAM) at the Autonomous University of Baja California, Ensenada B. C., México, 07/1989.
Seismic design of foundations (20 hour course): lectured by personnel of Faculty of Engineering (UNAM) at the
Autonomous University of Baja California, Ensenada B. C., México, 06/1989.
Strong ground motion (20 hour course): lectured by personnel of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Los
Angeles California, 04/1987.
Didactic/teaching Techniques (36 hour course): lectured at the Autonomous University of Baja California, Ensenada
B. C., México, 06/1987.
Professional Positions
Senior Researcher Research
Center and Higher Education at Ensenada (CICESE). Ensenada B.C, Mexico. 01/08-current date.
Chairman of Seismology Department Research
Center and Higher Education at Ensenada (CICESE). Ensenada B.C, Mexico. 09/03-04/07 .
Research Associate. Research
Center and Higher Education at Ensenada (CICESE). Ensenada B.C, Mexico. 07/02-
12/07.
Research in Seismology and Geophysics for: Seismic risk studies, Wave
propagation phenomena in soils, Local site effect up on weak and b
ground motions, Developed and implemented computational algorithms for
modeling and inversion seismic data, Signal processing techniques, Analysis
and interpretation of seismic and geophysical data, Simulation techniques
of seismic ground motions, Analysis and processing of seismic OBS data.
Graduate Research Assistant. Institute for Geophysics, University
of Texas at Austin. 09/99-06/02.
Time series data processing, analysis, and interpretation for applications
in: Earthquake seismological studies, Engineering seismology, Exploration
seismology, OBS seismology, as well as Oil exploration.
Graduate Research Assistant. Bureau
of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin. 09/96-06/02.
Frequency domain data processing, analysis and interpretation of
time series for hydogeologic studies; interaction air-soil permeability.
Data reduction of in-situ measurements in the non-saturated soil zone: water
potential, temperature, etc.
Visiting Professor. (Sabbatical leave),
The University of Texas at Austin. 09/93-09/94.
Associated in research studies of engineering seismology. Numerical
modeling of wave propagation on soils for amplification site effect
studies. In-situ soil properties estimation using seismic records or
man made excitations.
Research Associate.
Research Center and Higher Education at Ensenada (CICESE), Ensenada B.C,
Mexico. 08/85-09/94.
Research in Seismology for: Seismic risk studies, Wave propagation
phenomena in soils, Local site effect up on earthquake excitations,
Developed and implemented computational algorithms for modeling and inversion
seismic data, Signal processing.
Geophysicist.
Electric Power Commission (CFE). Mexicali B.C, Mexico. 07/84-08/85.
Process, analyze and interpretation of seismic reflection data,
sub-surface geological information, earthquake records and
earthquake catalogs for geothermal field studies. Geological-geophysical
data integration for geothermal fields exploration.
Geophysicist.
Geophysical Service Inc. Mexico City. 04/76-08/81.
Fieldwork data acquisition, data processing, data analysis
and interpretation of seismic reflection data for oil exploration.
Geological-geophysical data integration for oil exploration.
Research and Industry Experience
Seismology, Exploration Geophysics, Engineering seismology, Strong motion seismology, and oil exploration.
Data processing/analysis/interpretation of geophysical time series for applications in: earthquake seismological
studies, engineering seismology, oil exploration, as well as exploration seismology.
Research in seismology and geophysics for seismic risk studies. Develop and implementation of computational
algorithms for modeling and inversion of seismic data. Signal processing, analysis and interpretation of geophysical
data.
Wave propagation numerical modeling, seismicity and seismotectonic studies related to engineering seismology, global
seismology and geophysics, soil amplification and site effect studies, in-situ soil properties estimation (using
seismic records or man made excitations), Broad-Band-OBS deployment, data processing/interpretation (Gulf of Mexico
experiment and Gulf of California, Margins project).
Processing, analysis and interpretation of seismic reflection data, sub-surface geological information, earthquake
records and earthquake catalogs for geothermal field studies. Geological and geophysical data integration for
geothermal fields exploration.
Fieldwork data acquisition, data processing, data analysis and interpretation of seismic reflection data for oil
exploration. Geological and geophysical data integration for oil exploration.
Frequency domain data processing, analysis and interpretation of time series for: Hydro-geologic studies;
interaction air-soil permeability. Data reduction of in-situ measurements in the non-saturated soil zone: water
potential, temperature, etc.
Teaching Experience
Visiting Professor.
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Civil Engineering and Surveying Department, Strong Motion Program.
Graduate course, 08/08-12/08.
Teaching Assistant.
The University of Texas at Austin, Civil Engineering Department. Undergraduate courses 08/97-06/99
Visiting Professor.
University of Chiapas (Universidad de Chiapas). Invited lecturer 05/93.
Visiting Professor.
University of Nuevo Leon (Universidad de Nuevo León). Invited regular course 07/90-08/90.
Professor/Instructor
University of Baja California (Universidad de Baja California). Undergraduate courses
09/83-08/89;08/07-present.
Teaching Assistant.
National Polytechnic Institute (Instituto Politécnico Nacional).Undergraduate courses 09/80-08/81.
Research Associate/Professor
CICESE. Graduate courses 08/86-present
Courses taught
Mathematics and Physics for engineering (majors in: Civil Engineering, Physics, Computer Sciences and Electrical
Engineering). Lectured seminars of engineering seismology for major in civil engineering, and teaching graduated
courses of: geophysical methods, geophysics, seismology, engineering seismology, and geotechnical engineering
seismology for majors in Geophysics/Geology, Seismology, and Civil Engineering.
Graduate and Undergraduate Students Supervision
| Avelina Idalmis Fernández Heredia (18) |
Doctoral |
In Progress |
Co-Supervisor |
| Gonzalo Alejandro Ramírez Gaytán (17) |
Doctoral |
08/28/2008 |
Committee Member (UNAM) |
| Rosalba Sofía Contreras Porras (16) |
Master in Sciences |
In Progress |
Supervisor |
| Hoon Song (15) |
Master in Sciences |
In Progress |
Supervisor |
| Felipe de Jesús Vega Guzmán (19) |
Master in Sciences |
In Progress |
Committee Member |
| Daniel Salvador Lomeli Limón(14) |
Bachiller |
In Progress |
Co-Supervisor (ITT) |
| Rosalba Contreras Porras(13) |
Bachiller |
05/24/2007 |
Supervisor (UACJ) |
| Ramiro Tapia Herrera(12) |
Master in Sciences |
In Progress |
Thesis Director |
| Edgar Gerardo Camacho Ibarra(9) |
Master in Sciences |
08/21/2006 |
Comitte Member |
| Salomé Cristina Condori Machaca(11) |
Master in Sciences
| 12/04/2006 |
Comitte Member |
| Hector Enrique Rodríguez Lozoya(10) |
Doctorate |
06/17/2005 |
Comitte Member |
| Adriana Arroyo Acosta(2) |
Doctorate |
In Progress |
Comitte Member |
| Selene Solorza Calderón(3) |
Doctorate |
09/14/2005 |
Comitte Member |
| Armando Bejarano Carrillo(4) |
Master in Sciences |
06/05/2006
| Thesis Director |
| Sebastián Osuna Zatarain(7) |
Master in Sciences |
In Progress
| Thesis Director |
| Gema K. Ibarra Torua(5) |
Master in Sciences |
03/30/2004 |
Comitte Member |
| Martín F. Pacheco Romero(6) |
Master in Sciences |
06/12/2004 |
Comitte Member |
| Jorge E. Jasso Martínez(8) |
Bachiller |
03/27/1996 |
Thesis Co-Director |
| Clara M. Jimenez Castro(1) |
Master in Sciences |
03/17/1993 |
Comitte Member |
Thesis/Dissertation topics
(1)Hidrocarburos clorados en huevos de la gaviota occidental Larus occidentalis, en la costa occidental de
México-E.U.A., (2)Elastodinámica de capas porosas, (3)Ondas extensionales en cilindros circulares
saturados con fluido, (4)Estudio de la técnica del decremento aleatorio para la estimación in-situ de
propiedades de suelos, (5)Microzonación de periodos dominantes del suelo en los principales centros urbanos de
Baja California, (6)Estructura y evolución de la Cuenca de Altar, Sonora, a partir de la integración de
datos geofísicos y geológicos, (7)Implementación del método de análisis espectral
de ondas superficiales para la estimación de propiedades del terreno y materiales de la construcción,
(8)Caracterización de la señal sísmica en el campo geotérmico Cerro Prieto a partir de
la explosión nuclear Tajo, (9)Monitoreo y análisis de la deformación en el sector norte del
sistema de fallas Imperial-Cerro Prieto en el período 1994-2005, (10)Sismotectónica de la boca del
Golfo de California y la simulación numérica del sismo de Tecomán Colima MW 7.4 del 22 de
enero de 2003, (11)Estudio de Atenuación Sísmica en la Región Noreste de Sonora, (12)Estudio
Comparativo del Método SASW y el Método SPAC para la Estimación in-situ de Propiedades del
Terreno, (13)Caracterización geotécnica del subsuelo en un sitio de la mancha urbana de la ciudad de
Tijuana, (14)Modelado Teórico y mediciones experimentales de las frecuencias de vibración de un
edificio asimétrico de nueve niveles, (15)Modelado Teórico y mediciones experimentales de los modos de
vibración de puentes, (16)Caracterización de la respuesta del terreno y estimación del efecto
de sitio en un ambiente marino del Golfo de California, (17)Modelado de la fuente y simulación de
acelerogramas del sismo de Tecomán del 21 de enero de 2003, mediante el método de las funciones de
Green empíricas, (18)Atenuación y respuesta sísmica del terreno, (19)Efectos de
amplificación del movimiento del terreno en los alrededores del campo geotérmico de Cerro Prieto,
Baja California.
(UACJ: Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez; ITT: Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana;
UANL: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León; UNAM: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
External Students Supervision on Academic Programs
| Raúl J. Ritta(5) |
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez |
01/01/09-currently |
| Leonardo Cano Saldaña(5) |
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez |
08/01/08-12/21/08 |
| Yuriam Baltazar Cifuentes(1) |
Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez |
27/06/07-24/08/07 |
| Mariana Figueroa Matínez(1) |
Instituto Tecnológico de Cd. Madero, Tamps. |
27/06/07-24/08/07 |
| Griselda J. Obeso Cortez(1) |
Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez |
26/06/06-26/08/06 |
| Rosalba Contreras Porras(1) |
Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez |
26/06/06-26/08/06 |
| Daniel Salvador Lomelí Limón(2) |
Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana |
28/08/06 |
| Hoon Song(2) |
Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana |
28/08/06 |
| Ramiro Tapia Herrera(3) |
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California |
01/01/06-06/31/06 |
| Margarita Motta Bibbins(1) |
Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara |
27/06/05-19/08/05 |
| Claudia Abitia Ceseña(1) |
Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa |
30/06/03-29/08/03 |
| Leticia Sánchez Guillén(4) |
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
30/03/03-14/04/03 |
Programa del Verano de la Investigación Científica de la Academia Mexicana de Ciencias (AMC)(1),
Prácticas Profesionales(2), Experimentos Seleccionados(3), Prácticas Académicas(4),
Tesis Doctoral Asesoria(5).
Working stay at other Institutions
University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Civil Engineering and Surveying Department. Research in Engineering
Seismology: Ground motion response upon strong motions, soil amplification and site effect studies, in-situ
soil properties estimation, data processing/interpretation. 08/2008-01/2009.
The University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics. Research in: global seismology, engineering
seismology, geotechnical engineering, and seismic wave propagation phenomena. 09/1999-06/2002.
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology. Data processing and research in: geophysical
data for geo-hydrological applications. 09/1996-08/1997.
The University of Texas at Austin, Civil Engineering Department. Teaching undergraduate courses. 08/97-06/99.
The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Civil Engineering. Research on engineering seismology, seismic
wave propagation phenomena, geotechnical engineering, and global seismology. 08/1993-12/1994.
University of Nuevo Leon (Universidad de Nuevo León), Earth Sciences Faculty. Teaching
undergraduate seismology course for majors in geophysics. 07/90-08/90.
University of Baja California (Universidad Autónoma de Baja California), Schools of:
Mathematics, Engineering, and Computer Sciences. Teaching undergraduate courses of Probability and Statistics,
Physics, and Mathematics. 09/83-08/89.
Research Projects and Proposals
| Sismo-tectónica del noroeste de Sonora: Monitoreo Sísmico y mediciones de gravimetr
ía |
07/01/07- External project, CONACyT, Ciencia Básica |
06/31/10 |
P.I. |
| Characterization of the seismic behavior of a seismic isolation device for use in buildings
| 07/01/07- External project, UC-MEXUS |
06/31/09- |
P.I. |
| Estudios para la estimación In-Situ de propiedades de suelos, de estructuras civiles, y
de respuesta sísmica del terreno |
01/01/08- Internal project, CICESE |
12/31/10 |
P.I. |
| Determinación in-situ de propiedades físicas del terreno |
01/01/03- Internal project, CICESE |
12/31/07 |
P.I. |
| Estudio de vibraciones inducidas por una explosión en la cantera del predio Rancho
García, B. C., Para: Geoaprovechamientos S. A. de C. V |
11/01/05- External project, CICESE |
11/31/05 |
Co-P.I. |
| Determinación in-situ de propiedades físicas del terreno y su efecto en la respuesta
sísmica del terreno. |
01/01/00- Internal project, CICESE |
12/31/01 |
P.I. |
| Site characterization and experimental local site effects in the metropolitan area of
México-U.S.A. border region of Tijuana, B.C., México and San Diego, Ca., U.S.A. |
06/01/03- External project, UC-MEXUS |
06/31/05 |
P.I. |
| Preliminary studies related to the installation of a floating storage and re-gasification unit
for liquefied natural gas and submarine gas pipe in front of Rosarito, B.C. |
07/28/03- Moss Maritime-CICESE External project |
12/31/03 |
Co-P.I. |
| Efectos de amplificación en suelos |
01/01/93- Internal project, CICESE |
12/31/96 |
P.I. |
| Estudios relacionados a la respuesta dinámica de suelos |
01/01/90- Internal project, CICESE |
12/31/92 |
P.I. |
| Sistema para evaluación de seguridad sísmica en edificios y masas de terreno |
01/01/04- Internal project, CICESE |
12/31/05 |
Co-P.I. |
| Integración de mapas de microzonación sísmica en centros urbanos de Baja
California, parte II: Mexicali |
01/01/03- Internal project, CICESE |
12/30/05 |
Co-P.I. |
| Integración de mapas de microzonación sísmica en centros urbanos de Baja
California, Parte I. |
01/01/01- Internal project, CICESE |
12/31/02 |
Co-P.I. |
| Interpretación de mapas de microzonación sísmica en centros urbanos de
Baja California |
01/01/99- Internal project, CICESE |
12/31/00 |
Co-P.I. |
| Efectos de daños y/o reforzamientos en estructuras sobre registros de vibración
ambiental y sísmicos |
01/01/96- Internal project, CICESE |
12/31/96 |
Co-P.I. |
| Zonación sísmica de Tijuana |
01/01/06- Internal project, CICESE |
12/31/96 |
Co-P.I. |
| Respuesta sísmica de estructuras |
01/01/93- Internal project, CICESE |
12/31/95 |
Co-P.I. |
| Toma de registros sísmicos de vibración forzada del suelo, en los alrededores y en la
excavación del futuro laboratorio Ness con mesa vibradora en Camp Elliot Field Station,
UCSD |
06/20/03- USC-CICESE External project |
06/20/04 |
Co-P.I. |
| P.I.: Principal Investigator; Co-P.I.: Co-Principal Investigator |
Review Panel of: Research Proposals, Papers of Refered Journals
And Peer Reviewed
Conferences
Peer reviewer of scientific publications on periodical journals and academic related council:
- (a) Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas, Instituto de Geología, UNAM. ISSN:
0000-0000,
Universidad Autónoma de México, México,
(http://satori.geociencias.unam.mx/ RMCG.htm). 08/2008, 02/2009.
- (b) Revista Ingeniería y Competitividad ISSN: 0123-3033, Universidad el Valle, Chile.
06/2007.
- (c) Peer reviewer of research proposals and progress reports of research scientific projects submitted
to CONACYT and FOMIX-CONACYT accredited referee reviewer, registration No. RCEA-01-10853. 2004, 2005, 2006,
2007, 2008.
- (d) Referee at the contest of Physics Experiments done by students of the High school Preparatoria
Federal Lázaro Cárdenas of Tijuana, B. C. “Scientific and Technological Fair” (Feria
Científica y Tecnológica. 06/02/2006.
- (e) Abstracts reviewer of technical talks submitted to the 13WCEE. 08/2003.
- (f) Abstracts reviewer of technical talks submitted to the annual meeting of the Mexican Geophysical
Union (Union Geofísica Mexicana). 2001, 2002, 2003.
- (g) Peer reviewer of technical publications submitted to Revista de Comunicaciones Académicas
de CICESE. 1993.
Publications
Published/Submitted in refereed journals and proceedings
Raúl R. Castro, Carlos I. Huerta, Oscar Romero, César Jacques, Alejandro Hurtado and
Avelina I. Fernández. “Body-wave attenuation near the rupture of the 1887 Sonora, México,
earthquake (Mw 7.5).” Geofísica Internacional, (ISSN 0016-7169). Submitted
August/2008.
Avelina I. Fernández Heredia, Raúl R. Castro and Carlos I. Huerta . “The Spectral
Decay Parameter Kappa in Northeastern Sonora, Mexico". Bull. Seism. Soc. Am, (ISSN 0037-1106).
Submitted February/2009.
Carlos Huerta, Raúl R. Castro, James Gaherty and John Collins (2008). “Seismic wave forms,
background noise levels, and sea-floor marine sediment characterization of the Gulf of California from
recorded data of the Sea of Cortez Ocean Bottom Array (SCoOBA) seismic experiment.” Seismological
Research Letters 79, 2. pp327, March/April 2008.
Castro R.R., Condori S.C., Huerta C., Romero O., Jacques C., and Suter M. (2008). “Body-wave
attenuation in Northeastern Sonora, México, near the rupture zone of the 1887 earthquake (Mw 7.5)”.
Seismological Research Letters 79, 2. pp282, March/April 2008.
Ramiro Ttapia Herrera, Francisco Damián Díaz Guzmán, Fortunato Espinoza Barreras,
Carlos Isidro Huerta López and Ricardo Sánchez Vergara (2008). “Aplicación del
método H/V para la estimación del período fundamental del suelo para estimar el efecto
de interacción suelo-estructura en el diseño sísmico de un edificio en Ensenada B. C.,
México”. Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Estructural, SMIS. Veracruz,
Noviembre, 2008.
Fortunato Espinoza Barreras, Carlos Isidro Huerta López, Jesús Raymundo Juárez
García, Juan Pablo Torres Herrera, Esperanza Maldonado Rondón, Rosalba Sofía Contreras
Porras, América Reynaga Márquez, Esmeralda Ramírez González, González
Ortega José Adrián and Luis ángel Monge De La Cruz (2008). “Seismic study of the
urban bridges of the city of Ensenada, Baja California, México”. Proceedings of the 14th World
Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 14WCEE. October 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China.
Héctor Valencia Aguilar, Fortunato Espinoza Barreras and Carlos Isidro Huerta López
(2008). “Low friction seismic isolation device for structures: characterization and experimental tests”.
Proceedings of the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 14WCEE. October 12-17,
2008, Beijing, China.
Miguel Mario Juárez Villarreal, Fortunato Espinoza Barreras, Carlos Isidro Huerta López,
América Reynaga Márquez, Esmeralda Ramírez González, González Ortega
José Adrián and Pablo Andrés Rousseau Figueroa (2008). “Ambient vibration tests used
to evaluate seismic properties of a Mexican concrete dam”. Proceedings of the 14th World Conference
on Earthquake Engineering, 14WCEE. October 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China.
Fortunato Espinoza Barreras, Carlos Isidro Huerta López, Jesús Raymundo Juárez
García, Rosalba Sofía Contreras Porras, América Reynaga Márquez, Esmeralda
Ramírez Gonzáles, José Adrián González Ortega, Yuriam Baltazar Cifuentes,
Mariana Figueroa Martínez, and Ramón Baltasar Rodríguez (2007). “Ambient vibrations on
Ensenada B. C. urban bridges” (Vibración ambiental en puentes urbanos de Ensenada, B. C.).
Memorias del XVI Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Sísmica, Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, México.
X/31-XI/3, 2007. CD proceedings paper XI-13, pp. 1-12.
Manuel Esparza Fuentes, C. I. Huerta López, Daniel Salvador Lomelí Limón, Yuriam
Baltasar Cifuentes, Rosalba Sofía Contreras Porras, Fortunato Espinoza Barreras, and Hoon Song. (2007).
“Theoretical and experimental vibration frequencies of a nine story building located near the Tijuana’s river
zone” (Estimación teórica y experimental de la frecuencias de vibración de un edificio
de nueve niveles localizado en la vecindad de la zona río de Tijuana, B. C.). Memorias del XVI
Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Sísmica, Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, México. X/31-XI/3,
2007. CD proceedings paper XI-14, pp. 1-19.
Jesús Raymundo Juárez García, Fortunato Espinoza Barreras, Juan Pablo Torres Herrera,
Carlos Isidro Huerta López, Esperanza Maldonado Rendón, Luis ángel Mongue De
La Cruz, and Felipe de Jesús Ricalde y Lugo (2007). “Geographic information system of Ensenada B. C.
urban bridges” (Sistema de información geográfica de puentes urbanos de Ensenada, B. C).
Memorias del XVI Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Sísmica, Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, México.
X/31-XI/3, 2007. CD proceedings paper II-23. pp. 1-19.
C. I. Huerta-López, Kenneth H. Stokoe, Jay Pulliam, José M. Roësset, and Celestino
Valle-Molina (2005). “Modeling of seafloor soft marine sediments and spectral characteristics of earthquakes
recorded on the Gulf of México.” Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. American
Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME (ISSN 0892-7219) 127, 1, pp. 59-67.
Fortunato Espinoza, Ulises Mena, Esperanza Maldonado, Carlos I. Huerta, Gustavo Chio, Augusto R.
Cervantes, and Donobhan Presichi (2004). "Urban Bridge Stability Study in Ensenada, Baja California,
México." 08/2004. Proceedings of the 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering,
(ISBN 0-9685376-1-8). CD proceedings paper # 2725.
Fortunato Espinoza, Guillermo Vargas, Jessica Villagómez, Ulises Mena, and Carlos I. Huerta
(2004). "Automatized equipment for ambient vibration measurement and processing." 08/2004.
Proceedings of the 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, (ISBN 0-9685376-1-8). CD
proceedings paper # 2733.
C. I. Huerta-López, Jay Pulliam, Kenneth H. Stokoe, José M. Roësset, and Celestino
Valle-Molina (2003). “Spectral characteristics of earthquakes recorded on the Gulf of México
seafloor and soft sediment characterization.” ASME invited lecture at the Offshore Geotechnics
Workshop of the 22nd Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering International Conference 06/2003. (ISBN
0-7918-3672-X). Proceedings of the 22nd Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering 2003 International
Conference in CD proceedings, paper No 37504, pp. 1-9.
Jay Pulliam, Yosio Nakamura, C. I. Huerta-López, and Ben Yates (2003). “Field Test of an
Inexpensive Small Broadband Ocean-Bottom Seismograph.” (ISSN 0037-1106) Bull. Seism. Soc. Am.
93, 1, pp. 152-171.
C. I. Huerta-López, Jay Pulliam, and Yosio Nakamura (2003). "In-situ evaluation of shear wave
velocities in seafloor sediments with a broadband ocean bottom seismograph." (ISSN 0037-1106) Bull.
Seism. Soc. Am. 93, 1, pp. 139-151.
C. I. Huerta-López, Jay Pulliam, Yosio Nakamura, and Ben Yates (2001). "Modeling amplification
effects of marine sedimentary layers via horizontal/vertical spectral ratios." Society of Exploration
Geophysicist (SEG) (ISSN 1052-3812), Proceedings of the 71st SEG meeting, Vol. 1, pp.
825-828. 09/2001.
C. I. Huerta-López, Jay Pulliam, Yosio Nakamura, and Kenneth H. Stokoe (2001). "Soft sediment
characterization from passive motion measurements of the seafloor." Offshore Technology Research Center
(OTRC). Editors: Charles P Aubeny, y Jean-Louis. Briaud. Proceedings of the OTRC International
Conference on Geotechnical, Geological and Geophysical properties of deepwater sediments, Vol. 1,
pp. 32-51. 04/2001.
C. I. Huerta, YongJune Shin, Edward J. Powers, and José M. Roesset (2000). "Time-frequency
analysis of earthquake records." The New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering (ISBN
0-9582154-0-5), 01/2000. Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
, in CD. paper # 1724/4/A.
C. I. Huerta, J. M. Roesset, and K. H. Stokoe (1998). “Evaluation of the random decrement method for
in-situ soil properties estimation.” A. A. Balkema/Rotterdam/Brookfield (ISBN 90 5809 030 2), Editors: Kojiro
Irikura, Kazuyoshi Kudo, Hiroshi Okada y Tsutomu Sasatani. Proceedings of the Second International
Symposium on The effects of Surface Geology on Seismic Motion. Recent progress and new horizon on ESG study
. Vol. II, pp. 749-756. 12/1998.
J. M. Roesset, C. I. Huerta, and K.H. Stokoe (1995). "Effect of magnitude and type of damping in soil
amplification." University of Missouri-Rolla (ISBN 1887009019), Editor Shamsher Prakash.
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
and Soil Dynamics. Vol. II, pp. 725-732. 04/1995.
C. I. Huerta, J. M. Roesset, K. H. Stokoe, and J. G. Acosta (1994). "In-situ determination of soil
damping from earthquake records." A. A. Balkema/Rotterdam/Brookfield (ISBN 90 5410 392 2), Editor S.A.
Savidis. Proceedings of the Second International Conference in Earthquake Resistant Construction
and Design (ERCAD). 1, 8, pp. 227-234. 06/1994.
J. Acosta, C. Huerta, L. Mendoza, and A. Reyes (1993). "Modeling seismic response of the Mexico City
sub-soil, with records at depth." (Modelado de la respuesta sísmica en el subsuelo de la Ciudad
de México, con registros a profundidad). Geofísica Internacional. 32, 1, pp.
131-152, (ISSN 0016-7169), Editor Cinna Lomnitz and Federico Sabina. 01-03/1993.
J. G. Acosta, C. Huerta, and L. Mendoza (1992). “Observed seismic response at three depth level of
Mexico City soil.” (Respuesta sísmica observada en tres niveles de suelo de la Ciudad de
México) (ISSN 0186-1891). GEOS, Journal of the Mexican Geophysical Union. 12, 2.
pp. 6-14, 01/1992.
L. Mendoza, J. Acosta, C. Huerta, A. Reyes, and L. Otero (1991). "Map of the ambient vibrations
dominant periods on the soft soils of Mexico City Valley.” (Mapa de periodos dominantes de la
vibración ambiental de los suelos blandos del Valle de México). Journal of the Mexican
Society of Earthquake Engineering (Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Ingeniería Sísmica,
SMIS). Vol. 43, pp. 19-58. 09-12/1991.
In referred journals for non-specialists
C.I. Huerta (1994). “Seismology: Its applications in engineering”. (ISSN 0188-9516),
Divulgare, Journal of the Autonomous University of Baja California.,. (Revista de la Universidad
Autónoma de Baja California) No. 8, October-December, 1994. 2nd year, pp 4-12.
In memoirs of meetings referred extended abstracts
Ramiro Tapia Herrera, Francisco Damián Díaz Guzmán, Fortunato Espinoza
Barreras, Carlos Isidro Huerta López and Ricardo Sánchez Vergara (2008).
“Aplicación del método H/V para la estimación del período fundamental del
suelo para estimar el efecto de interacción suelo-estructura en el diseño sísmico
de un edificio en Ensenada B. C., México”. Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Estructural
, SMIS. Veracruz, Noviembre, 2008.
Díaz Guzmán Francisco Damián, Espinoza Barreras Fortunato, Huerta
López Carlos Isidro and Sánchez Vergara Ricardo (2008). “Antecedentes y
Justificación para Determinar el Efecto de Interacción Dinámica Suelo-Estructura en
el Diseño Sísmico de un Edificio en Ensenada”. Congreso Internacional “Vertice-2008.”
UABC, Facultad de Ingeniería, Ensenada, B.C., Nov./2008.
Reynaga Márquez América, González Ortega José Adrián,
Ramírez González Esmeralda, Contreras Porras Rosalba Sofía, Tapia Herrera Ramiro,
Huerta López Carlos Isidro y Espinoza Barreras Fortunato (2008).
“Evaluación del Funcionamiento de Cables Cortos Unidos Contra un Cable Largo para la
Medición de Vibración Ambiental”. Congreso Internacional “Vertice-2008.”
UABC, Facultad de Ingeniería, Ensenada, B.C., Nov./2008.
América Reynaga Márquez, Rosalba Sofía Contreras Porras, Mariana Figueroa
Martínez, Yuriam Baltazar Cifuentes, José Adrián González Ortega, Esmeralda
Ramírez, Jesús Raymundo Juárez García, Ramón Salazar, Fortunato
Espinoza Barreras, and Carlos Isidro Huerta López (2007). “Experiencias de Estudiantes
en la Investigación Científica.” Congreso Internacional de Ingeniería,
“Vértice 2007.” (ISBN:978-970-735-089-2). Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
(UABC) Ensenada campus, Ensenada, B.C., México. In CD proceedings.
Héctor Valencia, Fortunato Espinoza, Carlos Huerta, and José Restrepo (2006).
“Filtro Sísmico y Sistema Contravientos.” Congreso Internacional de Ingeniería,
“Vértice 2006.” (ISBN:970-735-047-4). Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
(UABC) campus Ensenada, Ensenada, B.C., México. In CD proceedings.
T. Montano, C. Huerta, T. Calmus, and J. M. Espinoza (1993). "Recent seismicity
instrumentally recorded at the south of the San Bernardino Valley, Northeast of Sonora, Mexico."
III Symposium of Sonora’s Geology and surrounding area. Hermosillo, Sonora 03/1993. pp. 91-94.
T. Montano, J.M. Espinoza, T. Calmus, and C. Huerta (1993). "The San Bernardino
Valley structure, Northeast of Sonora, Mexico, using gravity measurements." III Symposium of Sonora’s
Geology and surrounding area. Hermosillo Sonora 03/1993, pp95-98.
In non-referred journals
F. Garcia-Osuna, C. I. Huerta, H. Orozco-Mendoza, and E. L. Hixson (1998). “Design,
modeling and construction of a low frequency bimorph-piezoelectric accelerometer.” XIII
Conference of the Mexican Society of Instrumentation A. C. 10/1998. Chapter of materials
and sensors. Paper # 191 in CD proceedings.
Published technical reports
James Gaherty, John Collins, and C. Huerta. “Cruise Report: SCOOBA II – Recovery R/V New
Horizon.” NSF – Margins Project. 10/1-17/2006, 8 pp.
C. Huerta, and J. G. Acosta. “Amplification effect in the PCC site and seismic
response modeling.” 12/1991, 32pp.(Comunicaciones Académicas CISIT9201, CICESE)
J. G Acosta, L. Mendoza, and C. Huerta. “Technical Report: Determination of the down
hole accelerometer orientation at PCC site.” 12/1991, 17pp. (Comunicaciones Académicas
CISIT9203, CICESE)
L. Mendoza, J. G. Acosta, C Huerta. “Technical report: Natural period distribution of
the soft soil in Mexico City valley using seismic noise signals.” 12/1991, 63pp. (Comunicaciones
Académicas CISIT9202, CICESE)
J. G. Acosta, C. Huerta, and L. Mendoza. “Technical report: Analysis of observed
amplification effect in Mexico City PCC site.” 03/1991. (Comunicaciones Académicas
CISIT9101, CICESE)
C. Huerta, and J.G. Acosta. “Report of the project. Studies related to the dynamic soil
response: Seismic response at three depth levels of Mexico City sub-soil.” 12/1990, 19pp.
(Comunicaciones Académicas CISIT9005, CICESE)
C. Huerta, R.M. Ortega, J. Nava, and A. Reyes. “Final technical report of the project:
catalog of the seismicity instrumentally recorded in the Cazones site region.” 01/1990.
Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE): 862007, REF: 862007-12
(Comunicaciones Académicas CISIT9105, CICESE)
Work group Special Studies. Technical report: Catalog of the historical seismicity recorded on
the region of Cazones, Veracruz site.” 04/1989. (Comunicaciones Académicas CISIT9107,
CICESE)
S. Alvarez, C. Huerta, and A. Reyes. Technical report: “Seismograms reading and
processing
of data collected by the Cazones seismic network from 01/1988 a 05/1989. Project: Catalog of the
seismicity instrumentally recorded on the region of Cazones, Veracruz site.” 11/1989. CFE: 862007,
REF: 862007-10. (Comunicaciones Académicas CISIIT8915, CICESE)
C. Huerta. “Progress report of: Site information of FICA sub-project.” 11/1989.
(Comunicaciones Académicas CISIIT8906, CICESE)
Confidential technical reports (non-published)
J. G. Acosta, C. Huerta, M. Susana Alvarez, Gustavo A. Arellano. “Estudio de
vibraciones inducidas por una explosión en la cantera del predio Rancho García, B. C.
” pp. 78 + poster (PA: 38491). 11/2005. Geoaprovechamientos S. A. de C. V.
(confidential)
Suárez V. Francisco, C. Huerta. “Bibliographic review of geological, geophysical,
and seismological information of the northern continental borderland of Baja California, México”
pp. 48 + figures (PA: 40804). 09/2003. Terminales y Almacenes Marítimos de México,
S. A. de C. V., (TAMSA). (confidential)
L. Mendoza, J. Acosta, C. Huerta, J. González. "Evaluation of seismic and
geologic risk in Del Rio and surrounding area in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.” Report for the
department of Baja California government. 12/1992. (confidential)
L. Mendoza, J. G. Acosta, C. Huerta. “Technical report: Experimental determination of
the longitudinal and translational natural frequency of the #30 IMSS hospital structure and surround soil
using seismic noise signals.” (confidential.).
J. G. Acosta, C. Huerta, L. Mendoza, C. A. Reyes. “Manual of standard processing
accelerograms.” 12/1991. Fundación Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (FICA) (confidential.)
J. G. Acosta, C. C. Huerta, L. Mendoza, A. Reyes, F. Favela, and E. Rocha. “Technical
report: Transfer functions for three depth level records in the PCC site of May 11, 1990 earthquake.”
06/1990. FICA (confidential).
C. Huerta. “Activities report of the project: Estimation of the geographical distribution
of the relative seismic response in the México City valley. Site information, Sub-project.”
FICA-CICESE Project.” 08/1989. FICA. (confidential)
C. Huerta, R. M. Ortega, and A. Reyes. “Technical report: Statistical analysis of
quality and reliability of the P and S waves arrival time detected by the Cazones seismic network.”
09/1988. Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE). (confidential)
C. Huerta. “Second Technical report of the project: Catalog of the seismicity
instrumentally recorded in the region of the Cazones, Veracruz site.“ 09/1987. CFE.
(confidential)
C. Huerta, and A. Reyes. “Final technical report of the project: Field research on
the seismic activity of the APN region.” 06/1987. CFE. (confidential)
C. Huerta. “Operation manual of the automatic reception system of the WWVB code adapted to the
MEQ-800 seismographs of the Cazones seismic network.” 05/1987. CFE. (confidential)
C. Huerta, and A. Reyes. “First technical report of the project: Catalog of the
seismicity instrumentally recorded in the Cazones site region.” 02/1987. CFE. (confidential)
C. Huerta. “Technical report: Experiment to prove the utility of seismographs with
continuous WWVB absolute time code inscription.” 01/1987 CFE.(confidential).
C. Huerta. “Field work report of the seismic profile "Sierra de Chihuahua"
instrumentation to detect the nuclear test "Tajo" of Nevada desert USA.” 06/1986 (confidential.)
C. Huerta, and A. Reyes. “Preliminary technical report of the project: Field research on
the seismic activity in the region of Cazones. nuclear power plant preliminary project (A.P.N.C)."
03/1986 CFE.(confidential)
C. Huerta. “Partial and final reports for PEMEX of the geological and geophysical
exploration/interpretation prepared at G.S.I. of Mexico (Oil Exploration Company) of the
geophysical-seismic reflection studies carried out in several regions of México during
1978-1981.” (confidentials)
Invited Lectures
C. I. Huerta López. “Seismic Wave Forms Background Noise Levels, and Sea-floor
Marine Sediments Characterization.” Instituto de Geofísica e Instituto de
Ingeniería de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México., August,
2008. (Regional).
C. I. Huerta López. “Seismology, Study Cases: Seismological Observations on
the Gulf of California, and Studies of Site Effect of the Seismic Ground Response.”
(Sismología, Casos de Estudio: Observaciones Sismológicas en el Golfo de California,
y Estudios de Efecto de Sitio en la Respuesta Sísmica del Terreno). Estación Regional
del Noroeste, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Hermosillo Sonora, November, 2007. (Regional).
C. I. Huerta López. “Soil Response and Buildings Seismic Instrumentation.”
(Respuesta de Suelos e Instrumentación Sísmica de Estructuras) Facultad de
Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa. Culiacán, Sinaloa,
México., March 2007. (Regional).
C. I. Huerta López. “Engineering Seismology.” (Sismología Aplicada
a Ingeniería). Colegio de Arquitectos de Tijuana A. C. XIX Concejo Directivo. Programa de
reunión intermedia del colegio del mes de julio del 2006. Tijuana B. C., México.
07/17/2006. (Regional).
C. I. Huerta López. “Soft Sediments Characterization by Means of Microtremors
Measurements.” (Caracterización de Sedimentos Blandos usando Mediciones de Movimiento del
Terreno Producidas por Fuentes Sísmicas.) Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro
Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional (CIIDIR), Unidad
Sinaloa. Primer Semana de Sismología en el Noreste de Sinaloa. Guasave, Sinaloa,
México 05/23-27/2005. (Regional) (PA: 38562)
C. I. Huerta López. “Seismic Risk Studies in Civil Engineering.” (Estudio
de Riesgos Sísmicos en Ingeniería Civil.) Universidad de Occidente, Escuela de
Ingeniería Civil, Unidad Guasave. Marco de festejos del día del estudiante.
Guasave, Sinaloa, México. 05/23-25/2005. (Regional) (PA:38561).
C. I. Huerta López, Jay Pulliam, Kenneth H. Stokoe, José M. Roësset,
and Celestino Valle-Molina. “Spectral Characteristics of Earthquakes Recorded on the Gulf of
México Seafloor and Soft Sediment Characterization.” Offshore Geotechnics Workshop of the
22nd Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, ASME, International Conference. 06/8-13/2003.
Cancun, México. (International).
C. I. Huerta López.. “Spectral Characteristics of Earthquakes Recorded on the
Gulf of México Seafloor and Modeling Soft Marine Sediments.” University of Puerto Rico,
Mayagüez Campus. College of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying. The
Puerto Rico Strong Motion Program (PRSMP). Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. U.S.A. 06/20/2003.
(International) (PA:15740).
C. I. Huerta López, Jay Pulliam, Yosio Nakamura, y Ben Yates. "Modeling
amplification effects of marine sedimentary layers via horizontal/vertical spectral ratios."
Society of Exploration Geophysicist (SEG) (ISSN 1052-3812). Proceedings of the 71st SEG meeting,
Houston, TX. U.S.A. 09/9-14/2001 (International). (PA:CESIV20013)
C. I. Huerta López, Jay Pulliam, Yosio Nakamura, y Kenneth H. Stokoe.
"Soft sediment characterization from passive motion measurements of the seafloor." Offshore
Technology Research Center (OTRC). Editors: Charles P Aubeny, y Jean-Louis. Briaud. Proceedings
of the OTRC International Conference on Geotechnical, Geological and Geophysical properties of
deepwater sediments, College Station, TX. U.S.A. 04/26-27/2001. (International). (PA: 5914)
C. I. Huerta López. “Sismología Aplicada a Ingeniería
Civil.” IV Semana y el Verano de la Investigación Científica. Universidad
Autónoma de Chiapas. San Cristóbal, y Tapachula, Chiapas. Academia de la
Investigación Científica y el Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT)
04/1993. (Regional).
Presentations
“Seafloor sediment characterization from background noise and earthquakes recorded in the Gulf of
California.” Carlos I. Huerta, Raúl R. Castro, James B. Gaherty, John Collins, and
Rosalba S. Contreras. Paper S13C-1821. Meeting American Geophysical Union. Dec./15-20, 2008, San
Francisco, Ca, USA. AGU 89(53), December, 2008. (International), Poster presentation.
“Seismicity and faulting in the southern Gulf of California from the Sea of Cortez Ocean-Bottom Array
(SCOOBA) experiment.” Gaherty, J., Stroup, D., Collins, J., Huerta, C., Castro, R. (2008).
Paper T13E-01. Meeting American Geophysical Union., Dec./15-20, 2008. San Francisco, Ca, USA. AGU 89(53),
December, 2008. (International), Oral presentation.
“Determinación del parámetro de decaimiento espectral k en la región Noreste de
Sonora.” Avelina I. Fernández Heredia, Raúl R. Castro Escamilla y Carlos I.
Huerta López. Reunión anual de la Unión Geofísica Mexicana. Puerto
Vallarta, México Oct.-Nov., 2008. (National) Oral Presentation.
“Red sismica del Noreste de Sonora, Mexico (RESNES) experiencias y resultados.” Raul Castro,
Carlos Huerta, Luis Inzunza, Cesar Jacques y Alejandro Hurtado. Reunión anual de la
Unión Geofísica Mexicana. Puerto Vallarta, México Oct.-Nov., 2008. (National)
Oral Presentation.
“Sismicidad y atenuación sísmica en la región sur del Golfo de California,
México.” Víctor Wong, Raúl Castro, Carlos Huerta y Antonio Mendoza.
Reunión anual de la Unión Geofísica Mexicana. Puerto Vallarta, México
Oct.-Nov., 2008. (National) Oral Presentation.
“Seismic wave forms, background noise levels, and sea-floor marine sediment characterization of the Gulf
of California from recorded data of the Sea of Cortez Ocean Bottom Array (SCoOBA) seismic experiment.”
Carlos Huerta, Raúl R. Castro, James Gaherty, and John Collins. Paper 08-332, SSA
Meeting, April 16-18/2008, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. SRL 79(2), March-April, 2008. (International),
Poster presentation.
“Body-wave attenuation in Northeastern Sonora, México, near the rupture zone of the 1887 earthquake
(Mw 7.5)”. Castro R.R., Condori S.C., Huerta C., Romero O., Jacques C., and Suter M. SSA
Meeting, April 16-18/2008, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. SRL 79(2), March-April, 2008 (International)
Oral Presentation.
“Aplicación del método H/V para la estimación del período fundamental del
suelo para estimar el efecto de interacción suelo-estructura en el diseño sísmico de un
edificio en Ensenada B. C., México”. Ramiro Ttapia Herrera, Francisco Damián Díaz
Guzmán, Fortunato Espinoza Barreras, Carlos Isidro Huerta López and Ricardo
Sánchez Vergara. Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Estructural, SMIS. Veracruz, Noviembre,
2008. (National) Poster Presentation.
“Seismic study of the urban bridges of the city of Ensenada, Baja California, México”.
Fortunato Espinoza Barreras, Carlos Isidro Huerta López, Jesús Raymundo
Juárez García, Juan Pablo Torres Herrera, Esperanza Maldonado Rondón,
Rosalba Sofía Contreras Porras, América Reynaga Márquez, Esmeralda Ramírez
González, González Ortega José Adrián and Luis Ángel Monge De
La Cruz. 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 14WCEE. October 12-17, 2008, Beijing,
China. (International) Poster Presentation.
“Low friction seismic isolation device for structures: characterization and experimental tests”.
Héctor Valencia Aguilar, Fortunato Espinoza Barreras and Carlos Isidro Huerta López.
14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 14WCEE. October 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China.
(International) Oral Presentation.
“Ambient vibration tests used to evaluate seismic properties of a Mexican concrete dam”. Miguel Mario
Juárez Villarreal, Fortunato Espinoza Barreras, Carlos Isidro Huerta López,
América Reynaga Márquez, Esmeralda Ramírez González, González
Ortega José Adrián and Pablo Andrés Rousseau Figueroa. 14th World Conference
on Earthquake Engineering, 14WCEE. October 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China. (International) Poster
Presentation.
“Seismic Wave Forms Background Noise Levels, and Sea-floor Marine Sediments Characterization.”
C. I. Huerta López. Instituto de Ingeniería de la Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México., August 29, 2008. (National), Oral presentation.
“Antecedentes y Justificación para Determinar el Efecto de Interacción Dinámica
Suelo-Estructura en el Diseño Sísmico de un Edificio en Ensenada”. Díaz
Guzmán Francisco Damián, Espinoza Barreras Fortunato, Huerta López Carlos
Isidro and Sánchez Vergara Ricardo. Congreso Internacional “Vertice-2008.” UABC,
Facultad de Ingeniería, Ensenada, B.C., Nov./2008. (National) Poster Presentation.
“Evaluación del Funcionamiento de Cables Cortos Unidos Contra un Cable Largo para la
Medición de Vibración Ambiental”. Reynaga Márquez América,
González Ortega José Adrián,, Ramírez González Esmeralda,
Contreras Porras Rosalba Sofía, Tapia Herrera Ramiro, Huerta López Carlos Isidro
y Espinoza Barreras Fortunato. Congreso Internacional “Vertice-2008.” UABC, Facultad de
Ingeniería, Ensenada, B.C., Nov./2008. (National) Poster Presentation.
“Modeling Ground Motion Amplification and Spectral Characteristics of Earthquakes Recorded at the Baja
California, Mexico Cerro Prieto Volcano.” (Modelado de la amplificación del movimiento del
terreno y de las características espectrales de sismos registrados en el Volcán de Cerro
Prieto, Baja California, México). Vidal Villegas José Antonio, Carlos Isidro
Huerta Lopez, Luis Murguía Orozco, Miguel Navarro Sánchez, Tito Armando Valdez
López, José Manuel Luna Murguía. Reunión Anual de la UGM. Puerto Vallarta,
Jalisco 10/28-11/02 del 2007. Vol. 27, pp 114. Unión Geofísica Mexicana. Publicado en:
Resumen. (International) Oral presentation. (PA: 67304)
“Seismology, Study Cases: Seismological Observations on the Gulf of California, and Studies of Site Effect
of the Seismic Ground Response.” (Sismología, Casos de Estudio: Observaciones
Sismológicas en el Golfo de California, y Estudios de Efecto de Sitio en la Respuesta
Sísmica del Terreno.) C. I. Huerta López. Estación Regional del
Noroeste, Instituto de Geología. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Hermosillo
Sonora, Noviembre 16 de 2007. (National), Oral presentation.
“Ambient Vibrations on Ensenada B. C. Urban Bridges.” (Vibración Ambiental en Puentes
Urbanos de Ensenada, B. C.). Fortunato Espinoza Barreras, Carlos Isidro Huerta López,
Jesús Raymundo Juárez García, Rosalba Sofía Contreras Porras, América
Reynaga Márquez, Esmeralda Ramírez Gonzáles, José Adrián González
Ortega, Yuriam Baltazar Cifuentes, Mariana Figueroa Martínez, and Ramón Baltasar
Rodríguez. XVI Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Sísmica, Ixtapa Zihuatanejo,
México. X/31-XI/3, 2007. (National), Oral presentation.
“Theoretical and Experimental Vibration Frequencies of a Nine Story Building Located Near the Tijuana’s
River Zone” (Estimación Teórica y Experimental de las frecuencias de Vibración
de un Edificio de Nueve Niveles Localizado en la Vecindad de la Zona Río de Tijuana, B. C.).
Manuel Esparza Fuentes, C. I. Huerta López, Daniel Salvador Lomelí Limón, Yuriam
Baltasar Cifuentes, Rosalba Sofía Contreras Porras, Fortunato Espinoza Barreras, and Hoon Song.
XVI Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Sísmica, Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, México. X/31-XI/3,
2007. (National), Oral presentation.
“Geographic Information System of Ensenada B. C. Urban Bridges” (Sistema de Información
Geográfica de Puentes Urbanos de Ensenada, B. C.). Jesús Raymundo Juárez
García, Fortunato Espinoza Barreras, Juan Pablo Torres Herrera, Carlos Isidro Huerta
López, Esperanza Maldonado Rendón, Luis ángel Mongue De La Cruz, and Felipe
de Jesús Ricalde y Lugo. XVI Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Sísmica, Ixtapa
Zihuatanejo, México. X/31-XI/3, 2007. (National), Oral presentation.
“Soil Response and Buildings Seismic Instrumentation” (Respuesta de Suelos e Instrumentación
Sísmica de Estructuras.) C. I. Huerta López. Facultad de Ingeniería,
Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa. Culiacán, Sinaloa, México., Marzo del 2007.
(National), Oral presentation.
“Filtro Sismico y Sistema Contravientos”. Héctor Valencia, Fortunato Espinoza, Carlos
Huerta, and José Restrepo. Congreso Internacional de Ingeniería, “Vértice
2006.” Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC) campus Ensenada, Ensenada, B.C., México.
09/18-20/2006. (National) Oral presentation. (PA: 54403)
“Soil Properties and Site Characterization in the Urban Area of Tijuana, B.C., Mexico by Means of Modeling
H/V Spectral Ratios.” Huerta L. Carlos I. LXXIX Asamblea Nacional de la Federación
Nacional de Colegios de Arquitectos de la República Mexicana (FCARM), “La Globalización de
la Arquitectura”. Tijuana, B.C., México. 06/5-7/2006. (National), Oral presentation. (PA: 54424)
“Identification of Temporal Spectral Attributes of Seismic Records by Means of Joint Time-Frequency
Spectral Decomposition.” Huerta L. Carlos I. Segundo Congreso Internacional de Geociencias
en la Industria Petrolera. Asociación Mexicana de Geofísicos de Exploración, A.C. (AMGE)
, Mérida, Yucatán. (International). 09/4-7/2005. Poster presentation. (PA: 38501)
“Site Characterization by Means of Modeling H/V Spectral Ratios in the Urban Area of Tijuana, B. C.,
Mexico.” Huerta L. Carlos I., José Acosta, and Luis H. Mendoza G. XV Congreso
Nacional de Ingeniería Sísmica. México, Distrito Federal. Sociedad Mexicana de
Ingeniería Sísmica. Expo. (National) 09/07-11/2005. Poster presentation.
(PA: 38521)
“Utilización de Wavelet la Transformada Ondicular, "Wavelet", para Interpretación de
Datos de Vibración Ambiental.”. Espinoza B. Fortunato, Sergio Infante P., Pablo A.
Rousseau F. Carlos I. Huerta L., and Alfredo Vázquez V. XV Congreso Nacional de
Ingeniería Sísmica. México, Distrito Federal. Sociedad Mexicana de Ingeniería
Sísmica. Expo. 09/07-11/2005. (National) Poster presentation. (PA: 38560)
“Soft Sediments Characterization by Means of Microtremors Measurements” (Caracterización
de Sedimentos Blandos Usando Mediciones de Movimiento del Terreno Producidas por Fuentes Sísmicas.).
C. I. Huerta-López. Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario
de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional (CIIDIR), Unidad Sinaloa. Primer Semana de
Sismología en el Noreste de Sinaloa. Guasave, Sinaloa (Regional) (PA: 38562). 05/23-27/2005.
Oral presentation. (PA: 38562)
“Seismic Risk Studies in Civil Engineering” (Estudio de Riesgos Sismicos en Ingeniería
Civil.). C. I. Huerta-López. Universidad de Occidente, Escuela de Ingeniería
Civil, Unidad Guasave. Marco de festejos del Día del Estudiante, Guasave, Sinaloa (Regional)
05/23-25/2005. (National) Oral presentation.. (PA: 38561)
"Urban Bridge Stability Study in Ensenada, Baja California, México." Fortunato Espinoza,
Ulises Mena, Esperanza Maldonado, Carlos I. Huerta, Gustavo Chio, Augusto R. Cervantes, and Donobhan
Presichi. Meeting of the 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
08/01-06/2004. (International) Poster presentation #2725. (PA: 25819)
"Automatized Equipment for Ambient Vibration Measurement and Processing." Fortunato Espinoza,
Guillermo Vargas, Jessica Villagómez, Ulises Mena, and Carlos I. Huerta. Meeting of the
13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Vancouver, B.C., Canada. 08/01-06/2004. (International)
Poster presentation #2733. (PA: 25820)
“Spectral Characteristics of Earthquakes Recorded on the Gulf of México Seafloor and Soft Sediment
Characterization.” C. I. Huerta-López, Jay Pulliam, Kenneth H. Stokoe, José M.
Roësset, and Celestino Valle-Molina. Offshore Geotechnics Workshop of the 22nd Offshore Mechanics and
Arctic Engineering, ASME, International Conference. 06/8-13/2003. Cancun, México. (International)
Oral Presentation. OMAE2003-37504.
“Development of an Inexpensive, Small, and Low-power Broadband Ocean-bottom Seismograph.” Pulliam,
J., Yates, B., Nakamura, Y., and Huerta y Lopez, C. SSA annual meeting. San Juan Puerto Rico.
04/29-05/02, 2003 (International) Poster presentation.
“Non-stationary behavior of the NAO and its implications for abrupt climate change.” Charles Jackson,
and Carlos I. Huerta. Euro-Conference on Abrupt Climate Change Dynamics: Achieving Climate
Predictability using Paleoclimate Data. Castevlecchio Pascoli, Italy. 11/10-15/2001. (International)
Oral presentation.
"In-situ Evaluation of Shear Wave Velocities in Seafloor Sediments with a Broadband Ocean Bottom
Seismograph.” C. I. Huerta-López, Jay Pulliam, Yosio Nakamura, and Ben Yates. SEG
71st Annual meeting. San Antonio, TX. 09/9-14/2001. (International) Oral presentation.
"Soft Sediment Characterization from Passive Motion Measurements of the Seafloor." C. I. Huerta-
López, Jay Pulliam, Yosio Nakamura, and Kenneth H. Stokoe. OTRC International Conference
on Geotechnical, Geological and Geophysical Properties of deepwater sediments. Houston, TX. 04/26-27/2001.
(International) Oral presentation.
“Development of a Small, Llightweight Broadband Ocean Bottom Seismograph Suitable for Dense Array
Deployments.” Jay Pulliam, Carlos Huerta-Lopez, Yosio Nakamura, and Ben Yates. Fall meeting
of the American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, Ca. USA. 12/2000. (International) Poster presentation.
“Test and Evaluation of a new Broad-band Ocean Bottom Seismograph.” Carlos I. Huerta, Jay
Pulliam, Yosio Nakamura, and Ben Yates. Annual meeting of the Mexican Geophysical Union. Puerto
Vallarta, México. 10/2000. (National) Oral presentation. (PA: CESIQ200031)
“An Application of Spectral Ratio Modeling to Site Effect Analysis in Marine Environments.”
Carlos I. Huerta, Kenneth H. Stokoe II, Jay Pulliam, and Yosio Nakamura. Annual meeting of the
Mexican Geophysical Union. Puerto Vallarta, México. 10/2000. (National) Poster presentation.
(PA: CESIU200025)
"Development of a Broadband Ocean Bottom Seismograph Incorporating PMD Scientific's MET-Based Seismometer."
Jay Pulliam, Yosio Nakamura, Nathan Andrews, Ben Yates and Carlos Huerta. 2000 Ocean sciences
meeting. San Antonio, TX. USA. 01/2000. (International) Poster presentation.
"Time-Frequency Analysis of Earthquake Records." C. I. Huerta, Yong June Shin, Edward J.
Powers, and José M. Roesset. Meeting of the 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering.
Auckland, New Zealand. 01-02/2000. (International) Poster presentation. (PA: CESIU20002)
"Testing a PMD Broadband Seismometer in the UTIG OBS Package." Yosio Nakamura, Jay Pulliam, Ben Yates,
and Carlos Huerta. Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, Ca. USA.
12/1999. (International) Poster presentation.
"Earthquakes Recorded with UTIG's Broadband Ocean Bottom Seismograph." Jay Pulliam, Yosio Nakamura,
Ben Yates, Nathan Andrews, and Carlos Huerta. Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
San Francisco, Ca. USA. 12/1999. (International) Poster presentation.
“Time-Frequency Analysis of Earthquake Records.” Carlos I. Huerta L., Shin Young-June, E. J.
Powers, and J.M. Roesset. Annual meeting of the Mexican Geophysical Union. Puerto Vallarta,
México. 11/1998. Oral presentation.
“Effect of Magnitude and Type of Damping on Soil Amplification.” J.M. Roesset, C.I. Huerta,
and K.H. Stokoe II. Third International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Engineering and
Soil Dynamics. St. Louis Missouri, USA. 04/2-7/1995. (International) Oral presentation.
“In-situ Determination of Soil Damping From Earthquake Records.” C. I. Huerta, J.M. Roesset,
K.H. Stokoe II, and J.G. Acosta. Second. International Conference in Earthquake Resistant Construction
and Design (ERCAD) Berlin, Germany, 06/15-17/1994. (International) Oral presentation.
“Observed Seismic Response at Three Depth Levels of Mexico City Soil.” J. G. Acosta, C. Huerta,
and L. Mendoza. Annual meeting of the Mexican Geophysical Union Monterrey, Nvo. León, M
éxico. 11/1990. (National) Oral presentation.
“Geophysics in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Development of Scientific-Technological Research and
Academic Improvement Program in the Gulf of California and Surrounding areas. Workshop: Geology and
Hydrogeology, Non-renewable Marine Resources.” A. Reyes, and C. Huerta. Secretaria de
Educación Pública. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur. La Paz. B.C. S., M
éxico. 11/1989. (National) Oral presentation.
“Geological studies in Baja California. Development of Scientific-Technological Research and Academic
Improvement Program in the Gulf of California and Adjacent Areas. Workshop: Geology and Hydrogeology.
Non-renewable Marine resources.” F. Suarez V., and C. Huerta. Secretaría de
Educación Pública. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur. La Paz, B.C.S.,
México. 11/1989. (National) Oral presentation.
“Seismicity Review of the Eastern Portion of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and its Association with the
Regional Geologic Features.” C. Huerta, J.G. Acosta, L. Mendoza, and A. Bello. Annual
meeting of the Mexican Geophysical Union, Colima, México. 11/1988. (National) Oral presentation.
“Local Seismicity Instrumentally Recorded in the Central Region of Veracruz, México.”
C.Huerta, J.G. Acosta, and A. Reyes. Annual meeting of the Mexican Geophysical Union, Morelia,
Michoacan, México. 11/1986. (National) Oral presentation.
“Preliminar Estimation of the Pn -wave Velocity Distribution in the Northern Region of Baja California
Peninsula.” C. Huerta, and J. Frez, Annual meeting of the Mexican Geophysical Union, La Paz,
B.C. Sur, México. 11/1984. (National) Oral presentation.
Published abstracts
Carlos I. Huerta, Raúl R. Castro, James B. Gaherty, John Collins, and Rosalba S. Contreras.
“Seafloor sediment characterization from background noise and earthquakes recorded in the Gulf of
California.” American Geophysical Union. AGU 89(53), December, 2008.
Gaherty, J., Stroup, D., Collins, J., Huerta, C., Castro, R. “Seismicity and faulting in the
southern Gulf of California from the Sea of Cortez Ocean-Bottom Array (SCOOBA) experiment.”
American Geophysical Union. AGU 89(53),, December, 2008.
Carlos I. Huerta-López, Raul R. Castro-Escamilla, Jim Gaherty, and John Collins. “Seismic
Wave Forms, Background Noise Levels, and Sea-floor Marine Sediment Characterization of the Gulf of
California from Recorded Data of the Sea of Cortez Ocean Bottom Array (SCOOBA) Seismic Experiment.”
Seismological Research Letters,, 79, 2. pp327, March/April, 2008.
Castro R.R., Condori S.C., Huerta C., Romero O., Jacques C., and Suter M. (2008).
“Body-wave attenuation in Northeastern Sonora, México, near the rupture zone of the 1887
earthquake (Mw 7.5)”. Seismological Research Letters ,79, 2. pp282, March/April
2008.
Avelina I. Fernández Heredia, Raúl R. Castro Escamilla y Carlos I. Huerta
López. “Determinación del parámetro de decaimiento espectral k en la
región Noreste de Sonora.” Unión Geofísica Mexicana. GEOS
,Oct.-Nov., 2008.
Raul Castro, Carlos Huerta, Luis Inzunza, Cesar Jacques y Alejandro Hurtado. “Red
sísmica del Noreste de Sonora, Mexico (RESNES) experiencias y resultados.” Unión
Geofísica Mexicana. GEOS ,Oct.-Nov., 2008.
Víctor Wong, Raúl Castro, Carlos Huerta y Antonio Mendoza. “Sismicidad y
atenuación sísmica en la región sur del Golfo de California, México.”
Unión Geofísica Mexicana. GEOS., Oct.-Nov., 2008.
Carlos I. Huerta López, Fortunato Espinoza Barreras, Rosalba Sofia Contreras Porras.
”Site Characterization in the Urban Area of Tijuana, B. C., Mexico by Means of: H/V Spectral Ratios,
Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves, and Random Decrement Method”. 14WCEE Meeting, Paper
03-03-0039, 08/01/2008.
Carlos I. Huerta López, Fortunato Espinoza Barreras, y Rosalba Sofía Contreras
Porras, Manuel Esparza Fuentes. “Use of Ambient vibration Measurements Recorded in a Nine-story
Building Located in Tijuana, Mexico for Damping and Vibration Frequencies Estimation”.
14WCEE Meeting, Paper 12-03-0073, 08/01/2008.
Vidal Villegas José Antonio, Carlos Isidro Huerta López, Luis Murguía Orozco,
Miguel Navarro Sánchez, Tito Armando Valdez López, José Manuel Luna Murguía.
“Modeling Ground Motion Amplification and Spectral Characteristics of Earthquakes Recorded at the Baja
California, Mexico Cerro Prieto Volcano” (Modelado de la amplificación del movimiento del
terreno y de las características espectrales de sismos registrados en el Volcán de
Cerro Prieto, Baja California, México). Unión Geofísica Mexicana.
Boletín Informativo de la Unión Geofísica Mexicana (ISSN: 0186-1891) 27, 1, pp
114. 10/2007. (PA: 67304).
Huerta L. Carlos I. “Soil Properties and site characterization in the urban area of Tijuana, B.C.,
Mexico by means of modeling H/V spectral ratios.” LXXIX Asamblea Nacional de la Federación
Nacional de Colegios de Arquitectos de la República Mexicana (FCARM), Programa “La
Globalización de la Arquitectura.” Tijuana, B.C., México. 7/5-7/2006
Huerta L. Carlos I “Identification of temporal spectral attributes of seismic records by
means of joint time-frequency spectral decomposition”. Segundo Congreso Internacional de Geociencias
en la Industria Petrolera. Asociación Mexicana de Geofísicos de Exploración, A.C.
(AMGE). Mérida, Yucatán. 9/4-7/2005. (PA: 38501).
Espinoza Barreras Fortunato, Sergio Infante Prieto, Pablo Andrés Rousseau Figueroa, Carlos I.
Huerta L., Alfredo Vázquez Vázquez. “Utilización de wavelet la transformada
ondicular, "wavelet", para interpretación de datos de vibración ambiental”. XV
Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Sísmica, Sociedad Mexicana de
Ingeniería Sísmica. 9/7-11/2005 (PA: 38560).
Pulliam, J., Yates, B., Nakamura, Y., and Huerta y López, C. “Development of an
Inexpensive, Small, and Low-power Broadband Ocean-bottom Seismograph.” Seismological
Research Letters (ISSN: 0895-0695) of the SSA, 74, 2, pp 250. 03-04/2003.
Charles Jackson, and Carlos I. Huerta. “Non-stationary behavior of the NAO and its implications
for abrupt climate change.” Euro-Conference on Abrupt Climate Change Dynamics: Achieving Climate
Predictability using Paleoclimate Data. Castevlecchio Pascoli, Italy. 11/10-15/2001.
Carlos I. Huerta, Jay Pulliam, Yosio Nakamura, and Ben Yates. “Test and evaluation of a new
broad-band ocean bottom seismograph.” GEOS, 20, 3. Mexican Geophysical Union. 10/2000.
Carlos I. Huerta, Kenneth H. Stokoe II, Jay Pulliam, and Yosio Nakamura. “An application of
spectral ratio modeling to site effect analysis in marine environments.” GEOS, 20, 3. Mexican
Geophysical Union. 10/2000.
Carlos I. Huerta L., Shin Young-June, E. J. Powers, and J.M. Roesset. “Time-frequency analysis
of earthquake records.” GEOS, Mexican Geophysical Union. 11/1998.
J.G. Acosta, L. Mendoza, C. Huerta, and A. Reyes. “Registros Simultáneos de
Aceleración a Tres Niveles de Profundidad en la Ciudad de México”. GEOS, Mexican
Geophysical Union. 11/1989.
L. Mendoza, A. Reyes, J.G. Acosta, and C. Huerta. “Estudios de Ruido Sísmico en el
Valle de México.” GEOS, Mexican Geophysical Union. 11/1988.
A.Reyes, L. Mendoza, C. Huerta, and J. G. Acosta. “Análisis Espectral de un Ensayo
Nuclear en el Sitio NTS de Nevada, Registrado en el Campo Geotérmico de Cerro Prieto B.C.”
GEOS, Mexican Geophysical Union. 11/1988.
J.G. Acosta, L. Mendoza, C. Huerta, and A. Reyes. “Response spectrum in the Cerro Prieto B.C.,
Geothermal Field.” GEOS, Mexican Geophysical Union. 11/1988.
C. Huerta, J.G. Acosta, L. Mendoza, and A. Bello. “A seismicity review of the Eastern portion of
the Trans-Mexican volcanic belt and its association with the regional geologic features.” GEOS,
Mexican Geophysical Union. 11/1988.
C. Huerta, J.G. Acosta, and A. Reyes. “Local seismicity instrumentally recorded in the central
region of the Veracruz state.” GEOS, Mexican Geophysical Union. 11/1986.
C. Huerta, and J. Frez. “Preliminary results of the Pn-wave velocity distribution in the Northern
region of the Baja California peninsula.” GEOS, Mexican Geophysical Union. 11/1984.
Academic Accomplishments
- National Scientific Researcher I.Sistema Nacional de Investigadores(SNI), México,
2006-Present.
- Ewing/Worzel Fellowship. Institute for Geophysics
University of Texas at Austin. Spring 2000, Fall 2001. USA
- Ph.D. Scholarship.Fulbright-IIE-Garcia Robles-CONACYT,. México
(1995-1998)
- Sabbatical scholarship at The University
of Texas at Austin. CONACYT, México(09/1993-08/1994)
- Candidato a Investigador Nacional., Sistema Nacional de Investigadores,.(SNI).,
México (1987-1992)
- M.S. graduate studies scholarship. CONACYT (1981-1983)
Membership in Professional Societies
Society of Exploration Geophysicist (SEG). USA., 1978-1981
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG). USA., 1978-1981
Seismological Society of America (SSA). USA., 1993 -present
American Geophysical Union (AGU). USA., 1993 -present
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI). USA., 1993 -2003
Academia de la Investigación Científica de México. México., 1988-1993
Unión Geofísica Mexicana (UGM). México., 1988 -present
Asociación del Personal Académico del CICESE.(APACICESE) México., 1986-2005
Committees
Consejo Técnico Consultivo de CICESE, Substitute member representing the academic
personnel of the earth science division, 11/2007-present.
Consejo Interno de la División de Ciencias de la Tierra de CICESE, Member as chairman of
the Seismology Department, 09/2003-04/2007
Consejo del Programa de Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra de CICESE. Member as chairman of the
Seismology Department, 09/2003-04/2007
Comisión Interna Dictaminadora de CICESE. Member representing the academic personnel of
the earth science division, 08/1990-08/1993, 02/2003-09/2003
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