Curriculum Vitae

Francisco J. Sánchez-Sesma
Personal Information: Born in México City on October 7th, 1950
Education:
BS, Civil Engineering,
UNAM,
MS, Structural Engineering, UNAM,PhD Structural Engineering, UNAM,

April, 1974
October, 1975
January, 1979

Affiliations:
Prof. Institutes of Engineering and Geophysics (UNAM) (1976-present)
Prof. Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University (2010)
Mexican Petroleum Institute: Chief Technology Officer (1997-1999)
Natl. University of Mexico (UNAM): Director, Institute of Engineering (1999-2003)
Research Interests:
Numerical simulation of elastic wave propagation
Scattering and diffraction of seismic waves
Seismic response of alluvial basins and topographies
Earthquake engineering and seismology
Seismic interferometry
Publications and citations:Published 125+ papers in international journals, 32 technical reports,
Over 100 papers in conferences, and several chapters (13) in books.
Directed 20 BSc, 16 MSc and 12 PhD theses. Citations 1500, Index H 28
Membership in Professional Societies:
Mexican Society of Earthquake Engineering (President 2001-2003),
Mexican Academy of Sciences, Academy of Engineering (President 2004-2006).
Seismological Society of America, American Geophysical Union,
Distinctions:

National Researcher (SNI-Level III) Highest Level since 1990
Miguel A. Urquijo Award, Mexican Civil Engineering College (1988)
Manuel Noriega Morales Award, Science Applications and Technology, OEA (1988)
Mexican National Sciences and Arts Award (1994)
Mention for Excellence in Reviewing, Geoph. Res Lett, Am Geophys Union (1995)
Mexico National University Award, UNAM (1998)
Nabor Carrillo Award, Mexican Civil Engineering College (2002)
ISET Trifunac Award for Significant Contributions in Strong Motion Earthquake
Studies-2002, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology, Roorke, India (2003)
Corresponding Member, Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain (2003).
Helmholtz Medal, Mexican Institute of Acoustics (2005).

Luis Esteva Medal 2011 for Contributions to Earthaquake Engineering, Mexican
Society of Earthquake Engineering SMIS, Aguascalentes, Mexico (2011)
Heberto Castillo Award 2012, Urban Technology, Federal District Government, Mexico.

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List of collaborative research papers
with Prof. Francisco José Sánchez-Sesma
1) Sánchez-Sesma, F. J., Campillo, M. and Irikura, K., “A note on the Rayleighhypothesis and the Aki-Larner method”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society ofAmerica, 79, 1995-1999, 1989.
2) Aoi, S., Iwata, T., Irikura, K. and Sánchez-Sesma, F. J., “Waveform inversion for
determining the boundary shape of a basin structure”, Bulletin of the
Seismological Society of America, 85, 1445-1455, 1995.
3) Sánchez-Sesma, F. J., Madariaga, R. and Irikura, K., “An approximate elastic twodimensional Green´s functions for a constant-gradient medium”, GeophysicalJournal Interna-tional, 146, 237-248, 2001.
4) Sánchez-Sesma, F. J., Weaver, R. L., Kawase. H., Matsushima, S., Luzón, F. andCampillo, M., “Energy Partitions among Elastic Waves for Dynamic Surface
Loads in a Semi-Infinite Solid”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
101, 1704-1709, 2011.
5) Kawase, H., Sánchez-Sesma, F. J. and Matsushima, S. “The optimal use of
Horizontal-to-Vertical spectral ratios of earthquake motions for velocity structure
inversions based on diffuse field theory for plane waves, Bulletin of the
Seismological Society of America, 101, 2001-2014, 2011.
6) Matsushima, S., Hirokawa, T., De Martin, F., Kawase, H. and Sánchez-Sesma, F. J.
“The effect of Lateral Heterogeneity on H/V Spectral Ratio of Microtremors
Confirmed from Observations and Synthetics”, Bulletin of the SeismologicalSociety of America, 104, No. 1, 381̽393, 2014, doi: 10.1785/0120120321
7) Salinas, V., Luzón, F., García-Jerez, A., Sánchez-Sesma, F. J., Kawase, H.,
Matsushima, S., Suarez, M., Cuellar, A. and Campillo, M. “Using Diffuse Field
Theory to Interpret the H/V Spectral Ratio from Earthquake records in Cibeles
Seismic Station, Mexico City”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of Americ,
104,995̽1001, 2014, doi: 10.1785/ 0120130202

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Publications in International Journals (RI):
RI.1 Sánchez-Sesma F J and Rosenblueth E, "Hydrodynamic pressure in semicylindrical reservoir",
Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division ASCE, Vol 103, pp 913-919, October 1977.
RI.2 Sánchez-Sesma F J and Esquivel J A, "Ground motion on alluvial valleys under incident plane
SH waves", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol 69, pp 1107-1120, August 1979.
RI.3 Sánchez-Sesma F J and Rosenblueth E, "Ground motion at canyons of arbitrary shape underincident SH waves", International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics,
Vol 7, No 5, pp 441-450, Sept-Oct 1979.
RI.4 Yang C Y, Chen S S, Wang H and Sánchez-Sesma F J, "Hydrodynamic pressure in dams withinclined face", Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division, ASCE, Vol 105, No EM4, pp 717722, August 1979.
RI.5 Sánchez-Sesma F J, "A boundary method applied to elastic scattering problems", Archives of
Mechanics, Polonia, Vol 3, No 2, pp 167-179, March-April, 1981.
RI.6 Sánchez-Sesma F J, Herrera I and Avilés J, "A boundary method for elastic wave diffraction.
Application to scattering of SH waves by surface irregularities", Bulletin of the SeismologicalSociety of America, Vol 72, No 2, pp 473-490, April 1982.
RI.7 Avilés J and Sánchez-Sesma F J, "Piles as barriers for elastic waves", Journal of the
Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE Vol 109, No 9, pp 1133-1146, September 1983.
RI.8 Sánchez-Sesma F J, "Diffraction of elastic waves by three-dimensional surface irregularities",
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol 73, No 6, pp 1621-1636, December 1983;
Contribution No 648, Institut de Physique du Globe, U Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
RI.9 Sánchez-Sesma F J, Bravo M A and Herrera I, "Surface motion of topographical irregularities
for incident P, SV and Rayleigh waves, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol 75,
No 1, pp 263-269, February 1985.
RI.10 Sánchez-Sesma F J, "Diffraction of elastic SH waves by wedges", Bulletin of the
Seismological Society of America, Vol 75, No 5, pp 1435-1446, October 1985.
RI.11 Bravo M A and Sánchez-Sesma F J, "Trefftz's method for vibration of a rigid plate", Journalof the Engineering Mechanics Division, ASCE, Vol 113, No 6, pp 885-892, June 1987.
RI.12 Sánchez-Sesma F J, "Site effects on strong ground motion", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake
Engineering, Vol 6, No 2, pp 124-132, April 1987.
RI.13 Sánchez-Sesma F J, Faccioli E and Fregonese R, "An index to measure the effects of
topography on seismic ground motion intensity", Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics,
Vol 14, No 5, pp 719-737, September 1986.

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RI.14 Avilés J and Sánchez-Sesma F J, "Hydrodynamic pressures on dams with non vertical
upstream face", Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol 112, pp 1054-1061, October 1986.
RI.15 Bravo M A, Sánchez-Sesma F J and Chávez-García F J, "Ground motion on Stratified alluvial
deposits for incident SH waves", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol 78, No 2, pp
436-450, April 1988.
RI.16 Sánchez-Sesma F J and Velázquez S A, "On the seismic response of a dipping layer", Wave
Motion, Vol 9, pp 387-391, 1987.
RI.17 Sánchez-Sesma F J, Chávez-García F J and Bravo M A, "Seismic response of a class of
alluvial valleys for incident SH waves", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol 78,
No 1, pp 83-95, February 1988.
RI.18 Avilés J and Sánchez-Sesma F J, "Foundation isolation from vibrations using piles as
barriers", Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol 114, No 11 pp 1854-1870, November
1988.
RI.19 Sánchez-Sesma F J, Bravo M A and Chávez-García F J, "Seismic response of a class of
alluvial valleys for incident SH waves", Seismological Research Letters, Vol 58, No 1, pp 26,
January-March 1987.
RI.20 Bravo M A, Sánchez-Sesma F J and Chávez-García F J, "Ground motion on stratified alluvial
deposits for incident SH waves", Seismological Research Letters, Vol 58, No 1, pp 26, JanuaryMarch 1987.
RI.21 Sánchez-Sesma F J, Pérez-Rocha L E and Chávez-Pérez S, "Diffraction of elastic waves by
three-dimensional surface irregularities. Part II", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America,
Vol 79, pp 101-112, 1989.
RI.22 Avilés J and Sánchez-Sesma F J, "Atenuación de ondas elásticas con barreras de pilotes",
Revista Internacional de Métodos Numéricos para el Cálculo y Diseño en Ingeniería, Vol 4, No 2,
pp 215-228, 1988.
RI.23 Sánchez-Sesma F J, Chávez-Pérez, S, Suárez, M, Bravo, M A and Pérez- Rocha, L E, "The
Mexico earthquake of September 19, 1985- On the seismic response of the Valley of Mexico",
Earthquake Spectra, Vol 4, No 3, pp 569-589, 1988.
RI.24 Campillo M, Bard P-Y, Nicollin F and Sánchez-Sesma F J, "The Mexico earthquake of
September 19, 1985- The incident wavefield in Mexico city during the great Michoacán earthquake
and its interaction with the deep basin", Earthquake Spectra, Vol 4, No 3, pp 591-608, 1988.
RI.25 Bard P-Y, Campillo M, Chávez-García F J and Sánchez-Sesma F J "The Mexico earthquakeof September 19, 1985- A theoretical investigation of large and small-scale amplification effects in
Mexico City Valley", Earthquake Spectra Vol 4, No 3, pp 609-633, 1988.
RI.26 Rosenblueth E, Ordaz M, Sánchez-Sesma F J and Singh S K, "The Mexico earthquake of
September 19, 1985- Design Spectra for Mexico’s Federal District", Earthquake Spectra, Vol 5, No
1, pp 273-291, 1989.
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RI.27 Avilés J and Sánchez-Sesma F J, "Water pressures on rigid gravity dams with finite reservoir
during earthquakes" Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol 18, pp 527-537, 1989.
RI.28 Sánchez-Sesma F J, Campillo M and Irikura K, "A note on the Rayleigh hypothesis and the
Aki-Larner method", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol 79, No 6, pp 1995-1999,
December 1989.
RI.29 Campillo M, Gariel J C, Aki K, and Sánchez-Sesma F J, "Destructive strong ground motion
in Mexico City: source, path and site effects during the great 1985 Michoacán earthquake", Bulletinof the Seismological Society of America, Vol 79, No 6, pp 1718-1735, December 1989.
RI.30 Bravo M A and Sánchez-Sesma F J, "Seismic response of alluvial valleys for incident P, SV
and Rayleigh waves", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol 9, pp 16-19, January 1990.
RI.31 Sánchez-Sesma F J, "Elementary solutions for the response of a wedge-shaped medium toincident SH and SV waves", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol 80, pp 737-742,
June 1990.
RI.32 Reinoso E, Ordaz M and Sánchez-Sesma F J, "A note on the fast computation of response
spectra estimates", Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol 19, No 7, pp 971-976,
October 1990.
RI.33 Campillo M, Sánchez-Sesma F J and Aki K, "Influence of small lateral variations of a soft
surficial layer on seismic ground motion", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol 9, No 6,
pp 284-287, November 1990.
RI.34 Sánchez-Sesma F J and Campillo M, "Diffraction of P, SV and Rayleigh waves by
topographic features: a boundary integral formulation", Bulletin of the Seismological Society ofAmerica, Vol 81, pp 2234-2253, Dec 1991.
RI.35 Kouoh-Bille L, Sánchez-Sesma F J and Wirgin A, "Réponse resonante d'une montagne
cylindrique a une onde sismique SH", C R Acad Sci Paris Vol 312, serie II, pp 849-854, 1991.
RI.36 Álvarez Cuevas D A, Rodríguez Zúñiga J L and Sánchez-Sesma F J, "Evaluación de la
respuesta sísmica de depósitos de suelo blando mediante la superposición de haces gaussianos",Sismodinámica Vol 2, pp 167-180, 1991.
RI.37 Paolucci R, Suárez M and Sánchez-Sesma F J, "Fast computation of SH seismic response fora class of alluvial valleys", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol 82, pp 2075-2086,
October 1992.
RI.38 Chávez-Pérez S and Sánchez-Sesma F J, Discussion of subsoil geology and soil amplificationin Mexico Valley, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol 11, pp 243-244, 1992.
RI.39 Sánchez-Sesma F J and Campillo M, “Topographic effects for incident P, SV and Rayleighwaves”, Tectonophysics 218, pp 113-125, 1993.

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RI.40 Sánchez-Sesma F J, Pérez-Rocha L E and Reinoso E, "Ground motion in Mexico City during
the April 25, 1989 Guerrero earthquake", Tectonophysics 218, pp 127-140, 1993.
RI.41 Sánchez-Sesma F J, Ramos-Martínez J and Campillo M, "An indirect boundary element
method applied to simulate the seismic response of alluvial valleys for incident P, S and Rayleighwaves", Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol 22, pp 279-295, 1993.
RI.42 Pedersen H A, Sánchez-Sesma F J and Campillo M, "Three-dimensional scattering by twodimensional topographies", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol 84, pp 1169-1183,
1994.
RI.43 Chávez-García F J, Sánchez-Sesma F J, Campillo M and Bard P-Y, "El terremoto deMichoacán de septiembre de 1985: efectos de fuente, trayecto y sitio", Física de la Tierra, No 6, pp
157-200, Complutense Editorial, Madrid, 1994.
RI.44 Luzón F, Aoi S, Fah D and Sánchez-Sesma F J, "Simulation of the seismic response of a 2D
sedimentary basin: A comparison between the indirect boundary element method and a hybrid
technique", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol 85, No 5, pp 1501-1506, 1995.
RI.45 Aoi S, Iwata T, Irikura K and Sánchez-Sesma F J, "Waveform inversion for determining theboundary shape of a basin structure", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol 85, No 5,
pp 1445-1455, 1995.
RI.46 Rodríguez-Zúñiga J L, Sánchez-Sesma F J and Pérez-Rocha L E, "Seismic response ofshallow alluvial valleys: the use of simplified models", Bulletin of the Seismological Society ofAmerica, Vol 85, No 3, pp 890-899, 1995.
RI.47 Sánchez-Sesma F J and Luzón F, "Seismic response of three-dimensional alluvial valleys forincident P, S and Rayleigh waves", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol 85, No 1,
pp 269-284, 1995.
RI.48 Pedersen H A, Campillo M and Sánchez-Sesma F J, "Azimuth dependent wave amplificationin alluvial valleys", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol 14, pp 289-300, 1995.
RI.49 Sánchez-Sesma F J and Luzón F, "Can horizontal P waves be trapped and resonate in ashallow sedimentary basin?", Geophysical Journal International, Vol 124, pp 209-214, 1996.
RI.50 Jongmans D, Demanet D, Horrent C, Campillo M and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Dynamic soil
parameters determination by geophysical prospecting in Mexico City: implication for site effectmodeling”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineerings, Vol 15, pp 549-559, 1996.
RI.51 Barker J S, Campillo M, Sánchez-Sesma F J, Jongmans D and Singh S K, “Analysis of Wave
Propagation in the Valley of Mexico from a Dense Array of Seismometers” Bulletin of the
Seismological Society of America Vol 86, No 6, pp 1667-1680, 1996.
RI.52 Shapiro N M, Campillo M, Paul A, Singh S K, Jongmans D, and Sánchez-Sesma F J,
“Surface-wave propagation across the Mexican Volcanic Belt and the origin of the long-period
seismic-wave amplification in the Valley of Mexico”, Geophysical Journal International, Vol 128,
pp 151-166, 1997.
RI.53 Luzón F, Sánchez-Sesma F J, Posadas M A, García J M, Martín J and Romacho D M,
“Diffraction of P, S and Rayleigh waves by three-dimensional topographies”, Geophysical JournalInternational, Vol 129, pp 571-578, 1997.
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RI.54 Sánchez-Sesma F J and Luzón F, “Reply to Comment by J L Mateos, O Novaro, T H
Seligman and J Flores on ‘Can horizontal P waves be trapped and resonate in a shallow sedimentarybasin?’ Geophysical Journal International, Vol 129, pp 215-218, 1997.
RI.55 Rodríguez-Zúñiga J L, Gaulon R, Blum P A and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Use of in sitemeasurements of ground inclination for determining shallow elastic parameters”, Geothechnique,Vol 47, pp 79-95, 1997.
RI.56 Ortiz-Alemán C, Sánchez-Sesma F J, Rodríguez-Zúñiga J L and Luzón F, “Computing
topographical 3D site effects using a fast IBEM/conjugate gradient approach”, Bulletin of the
Seismological Society of America Vol 88, No 2, pp 393-399, 1998.
RI.57 Ramos-Martínez J, Luzón-Martínez F and Sánchez-Sesma F J, "Simulación numérica de la
respuesta sísmica en cuencas sedimentarias usando ecuaciones integrales. Casos realistas", lost text.
RI.58 Yokoi T and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “A Hybrid calculation technique of the indirect boundary
element method and the analytical solutions for three-dimensional problems of topography”
Geophysical Journal International, Vol 133, pp 121-139, 1998.
RI.59 Komatitsch D, Vilotte J-P, Vai R, Castillo-Covarrubias J M and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “TheSpectral Element method for elastic wave equations: application to 2D and 3D seismic problems”
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering No 45, pp 1139-1164, 1999.
RI.60 Vai R, Castillo-Covarrubias J M, Sánchez-Sesma F J, Komatistsch D and Vilotte J-P, “Elastic
wave propagation in an irregularly layered medium”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering,
Vol 18, pp 11-18, 1999.
RI.61 Sánchez-Sesma, F J, Vai R and Dretta E, “The Variational Indirect Boundary Element
Method: A Strategy Toward the Solution of Very Large Problems of Site Response”, Journal ofComputational Acoustics Vol 9, pp 531-541, 2001.
RI.62 Sánchez-Sesma, F J and Iturrarán-Víveros, U, “Scattering and diffraction of SH waves by afinite crack: an analytical solution”, Geophysical Journal International, Vol 145, pp 749-758, 2001.
RI.63 Sánchez-Sesma F J, Madariaga R and Irikura K, “An approximate elastic two-dimensional
Green´s functions for a constant-gradient medium”, Geophysical Journal Interna-tional, Vol 146,
pp 237-248, 2001.
RI.64 Luzón F, Al Yuncha Z, Sánchez-Sesma F J and Ortiz-Alemán C, “A numerical experiment on
the horizontal to vertical spectral ratio in flat sedimentary basins”, Pure and Applied Geophysics,
No 158, pp 2451-2461, 2001.
RI.65 Avilés J, Suárez M and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Effects of wave passage on the relevant
dynamic properties of structures with flexible foundation”, Earthquake Engineering and Structural
Dynamics, Vol 31, pp 139-159, 2002.
RI.66 Ampuero J-P, Vilotte J-P and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Nucleation of rupture under slip
dependent friction law: simple models of fault zone”, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth,Vol. 107, No. B12, doi 10.1029/2001JB000452 (2002).
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RI.67 Montalvo-Arrieta J C, Sánchez-Sesma F J and Reinoso E, “A virtual reference site for thevalley of Mexico”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America Vol. 92, pp 1847-1854 (2002).
RI.68 Gil-Zepeda S A, Montalvo-Arrieta J C, Vai R and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “A hybrid indirectboundary element-discrete wave number method applied to simulate the seismic response of
stratified alluvial valleys”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Vol 23, pp 77-86 (2003).
RI.69 Luzón F, Ramírez-Guzmán L, Sánchez-Sesma F J and Posadas A, “Simulation of the Seismic
Response of Sedimentary Basins with Constant-Gradient of Velocity for Inciden SH Waves”, Pureand Applied Geophysics Vol 161, pp 1533–1547 (2004).
RI.70 Luzón F, Ramírez L, Sánchez-Sesma F J and Posadas A, “Propagation of SH elastic waves indeep sedimentary basins with an oblique velocity gradient”, Wave motion, No. 38, pp 11-23 (2003),
doi:10.1016/S0165-2125(03)00012-X.
RI.71 Montalvo-Arrieta J C, Reinoso-Angulo E and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Observation of strong
ground motion at hill sites in Mexico City from recent earthquakes”, Geofísica Internacional Vol
42, No 2, 205-217 (2003).
RI.72 Suarez M, Avilés J and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Response of L-shape rigid foundations
embedded in a uniform half-space to traveling seismic waves”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake
Engineering, Vol 22, pp 625-637 (2002).
RI.73 Del Valle-García R and Sánchez Sesma FJ, “Wave scattering effects in elastic percolation
models”, Molecular Physics, Vol 100, No 19, pp 3167-3172 (2002).
RI.74 Gil-Zepeda S A, Luzón F, Aguirre J, Morales J, Sánchez-Sesma F J and Ortiz-Alemán C, “3D
Seismic response of the Deep Basement Structure of the Granada Basin (Southern Spain)”, Bulletinof the Seismological Society of America, Vol 92, No. 6, pp 2163-2176 (2002).
RI.75 Luzón F, Palencia V J, Morales J, Sánchez-Sesma F J and García J M, “Evaluation of site
effects in sedimentary basins”, Física de la tierra, Vol 14, pp 183-214 (2002).
RI.76 Sánchez-Sesma F J, Palencia V J and Luzón F, “Estimation of local site effects during
earthquakes: an overview”, ISET Journal of Earthquake Technology, Vol 39, No 3, pp 167-193(2002).
RI.77 Álvarez-Rubio S, Sánchez-Sesma F J, Benito J J and Alarcón E, “The direct boundary
element method: 2D site effects assessment on laterally varying layered media (methodology)”, Soil
Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol 24, No 2, pp 167-180 (2004).
RI.78 Montalvo-Arrieta J C, Reinoso E, Aguirre J and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Comment on Evidenceof the dominance of higher-mode surface waves in the lake-bed zone of the Valley of México” by
Shapiro et al. (2001)”, Geophysical Journal International , Vol 156, No. 2, pp 352-358 ( 2004).
RI.79 Del Valle-García R and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Rayleigh waves modeling using an elastic
lattice model”, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 30, No 16-1866, doi: 10.1029/2003 GL017600,
pp 12.1-12.4 (2003).
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RI.80 Iturrarán-Víveros U, Sánchez-Sesma F J and Janod F, “Scattering of elastic waves inheterogeneous media using the direct solution method”, Geophysical Journal International, Vol.
156, pp 222-236 (2004).
RI.81 Luzón F, Gil-Zepeda S A, Sánchez-Sesma F J and Ortiz-Alemán C, “Three-dimensional
simulation of ground motion in the Zafarraya Basin (Southern Spain) up to 1.335 Hz under incident
plane waves”, Geophysical Journal International, Vol 156, pp 584-594 (2004).
RI.82 Álvarez-Rubio S, Benito J J, Sánchez-Sesma F J and Alarcón E, “The use of direct boundary
element method for gaining insight into complex seismic site response”, Computers and Structures,
Vol 83, pp 821-835 (2005).
RI.83 Rodríguez-Castellanos A, Luzón F and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Diffraction of seismic waves inan elastic, cracked halfplane using a boundary integral formulation”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake
Engineering, 25 (2005) 827-837.
RI.84 Ávila-Carrera R and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Scattering and diffraction of elastic P- and S-waves
by a spherical obstacle: A review of the classical solution”, Geofísica Internacional, Vol. 45, No. 1,
pp. 3-21 (2006).
RI.85 Rodríguez-Castellanos A, Sánchez-Sesma F J, Rodríguez J E, Hernández L H and Sauceda
Meza I, “Diffraction of elastic waves by near surface cracks”, Revista Mexicana de Física, Vol 51,
SUPPLEMENT 1, pp 43-46 (2005).
RI.86 Mercerat E D, Vilotte J P and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Triangular Spectral Element simulationof 2D elastic wave propagation using unstructured triangular grids”, Geophysical JournalInternational, Vol 166, pp 679-698 (2006).
RI.87 Sánchez-Sesma F J and Iturrarán-Viveros U, “The classic Garvin's problem revisited”,
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol 96, No 4A, pp 1344-1351 (Ago 2006), doi:
10.1785/0120050174.
RI.88 Iturrarán-Viveros U, Vai R and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Scattering of elastic waves by a 2D
crack using the Indirect Boundary Element Method (IBEM)”, Geophysical Journal International,
Vol 162, pp 927-934 (Sept 2005) doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02699.x.
RI.89 Sánchez-Sesma F J and Campillo M, “Retrieval of the Green function from crosscorrelations: The canonical elastic problem”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol
96, No 3, pp1182-1191, (2006) doi:10.1785/0120050181.
RI.90 Rodríguez-Castellanos A, Sánchez-Sesma F J, Luzón F and Martin R, “Multiple scattering ofelastic waves by subsurface fractures and cavities”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America,
Vol 96, No 4A, pp 1359-1374 (August 2006) doi: 10.1785/0120040138.
RI.91 Sánchez-Sesma F J, Pérez-Ruiz J A, Campillo M and Luzón F, “Elastodynamic 2D Greenfunction retrieval from cross-correlation: Canonical inclusion problem”, Geophysical Research
Letters, Vol 33, L13305, (2006) doi:10.1029/2006GL026454.

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RI.92 Sánchez-Sesma F J, Pérez-Ruiz JA, Luzón F, Campillo M and Rodríguez-Castellanos A,“Diffuse fields in dynamic elasticity ”, Wave Motion, Vol 45, pp 641–654, (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.wavemoti. 2007.07.005
RI.93 Pérez-Ruiz J A, Luzón F and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Retrieval of elastic Green’s tensor near acylindrical inhomogeneity from vector correlations”, Communications in Computational Physics,
Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 250-270 (2008)
RI.94 Charco M, Luzón F, Fernández J, Tiampo K F and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “3D Indirect
Boundary Element Method for deformation and gravity changes in volcanic areas. Appli-cation to
Teide Volcano (Tenerife, Canary Islands), Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol 112, B08409,
doi:10.1029/2006JB004740, (2007)
RI.95 Rodríguez-Castellanos A, Ávila-Carrera R and Sánchez-Sesma F J “Scattering of Rayleighwaves by surface-breaking cracks: an integral formulation”, Geofisica Interna-cional, Vol 46, No 4,
pp 241-248 (2007)
RI.96 Rodríguez-Castellanos A, Ávila-Carrera R and Sánchez-Sesma F J “Scattering of elastic
waves by shallow elliptical cracks”, Revista Mexicana de Física, Vol 53 No. 4, pp 254-259 (2007)
RI.97 Gouédard P, Stehly L, Brenguier F, Campillo M, Colin de Verdiére Y, Larose E, Margerin L,
Roux P, Sánchez-Sesma F J, Shapiro N M and Weaver R L, “Cross-correlation of random fields:
mathematical approach and applications”, Geophysical Prospecting, Vol. 56, No. 3, pp 375-393,(2008) doi:10.1111/j.1365-2478.2007.00684.x
RI.98 Iturrarán-Viveros U, Luzón F and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Boundary element simulation of
scattering of elastic waves by 3-D cracks”, J of Appl Geophys, Vol 64 No. 3-4 pp 70-82 (2008) doi:
10.1016/j.jappgeo.2007.12.005
RI.99 Vai R, Luzón F, Iturrarán-Viveros U and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Mie elastic scattering
generated by cracks”, J of Appl Geophys, Vol 67, pp 1-8 (2008) doi:10.1016 /j.jappgeo.2008.08.008
RI.100 Godinho L, Mendes PA, Tadeu A, Cadena-Isaza A, Smerzini C, Sánchez-Sesma FJ, Madec
R and Komatitsch D, “Numerical simulation of ground rotations along 2D topographi-cal profiles
under the incidence of elastic waves”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America , Vol 99,
No. 2B, pp 1147-1161 (2009) doi: 10.1785/0120080096
RI.101 Smerzini C, Avilés J, Paolucci R and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Effect of underground cavities on
surface earthquake ground motion under SH wave propagation”, Earthquake Engineering andStructural Dynamics, Vol. 38, No. 12, pp. 1441-1460 (2009) DOI: 10.1002/eqe.912
RI.102 Rodríguez-Castellanos A and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Numerical Simulation of Multiple
Scattering by Hidden Cracks under incidence of elastic waves”, Journal of Advanced Materials
Research Vol. 65, pp 1-8 (2009).
RI.103 Perton M, Sánchez-Sesma F J, Rodríguez-Castellanos A, Campillo M and Weaver R L,
“Two perspectives on equipartition in diffuse elastic fields in three dimensions”, Journal of
Acoustical Society of America, Vol 126 No 3 pp 1125-1130 (2009) Doi 10.1121/1.3177262
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RI.104 Luzón F, Sánchez-Sesma F J, Pérez-Ruiz J A, Ramírez-Guzmán L y Pech A, “In-plane
seismic response of inhomogeneous alluvial valleys with vertical gradients of velocities andconstant Poisson ratio”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 29 (2009), pp 994-1004
RI.106 Snieder R, Sánchez-Sesma F J and Wapenaar K, “Field fluctuations, imaging withbackscattered waves, a generalized energy theorem, and the optical theorem”, SIAM Journal on
Imaging Sciences (SIIMS), Vol 2, No 2, pp 763-776 (2009)
RI.107 Perton M, Sánchez-Sesma F J, Spurlin J H, Flores E, Navarrete-Montesinos M, Gómez R y
H, Marengo “Numerical and ultrasonic experimental simulations of elastic wave propagation
around hollow cylinder”, Wave Motion, submitted (2011)
RI.108 Luzón F, García-Jerez A, Santoyo M A and Sanchez-Sesma F J (2010).Numerical modellingof pore pressure variations due to time varying loads using a hybrid technique: the case of the Itoiz
reservoir (Northern Spain), Geophysical Journal International 180, pp327-338, doi10.1111/j.1365246X.2009.04408.x.
RI.109 Domínguez-Ramírez L A, Sánchez-Sesma F J and Davis P M (2011). Scattering ofTeleseismic Body Waves by the lateral Crustal Heterogeneity at the Pacific Trench of Mexico,
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 101, 1281-1290. DOI: 10.1785/0120100181
RI.110 Avila-Carrera R, Sánchez Sesma F J, Rodríguez-Castellanos A and Ortiz-Alemán C (2010).
Vectorial seismic modeling for 3D objects by the classical solution, Journal of Applied Geophysics
72, 70-79. ISSN 0926-9851.
RI.111 Iturrarán-Viveros U, Vai R and Sánchez-Sesma F J (2010). Diffraction of SH Cylindricalwaves by a finite crack: an analytical solution, Geophysical Journal International 181, 1634-1642.
doi: 10, 1111/j.1365-246.X2010.04579.x
RI.112 Rodríguez-Castellanos A, Flores Méndez E, Sánchez-Sesma F J and Rodríguez-Sánchez J E(2010). Numerical Formulation to Study Fluid-Solid Interfaces Excited by Elastic Waves, Engrng.
Materials 449, 54-61. Trans Tech Pubs, Switzerland, doi: 10.4028/wwi.scientific. net/KEM.449.54
RI.113 Rodríguez-Castellanos A, Sánchez-Sesma F J, Ortiz-Alemán C and Orozco-del-Castillo M(2011). Least Square approach to simulate wave propagation in irregular profiles using the indirectboundary element method, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 31, 385-390
RI.114 Sánchez-Sesma FJ, Rodríguez-Castellanos A, Perton M, Luzón F and Ortiz-Alemán C(2011). Diffuse seismic waves and site effects, Journal of Geophysics and Engineering 8, 1-6.
RI.115 Rodríguez-Castellanos A, Flores E, Sánchez-Sesma F J, Ortiz-Alemán C, Nava-Flores M
and Martín R (2011). Indirect Boundary Element Method applied to fluid-solid interfaces, Soil
Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 31, 470-477.
RI.116 Sánchez-Sesma F J, Rodríguez M, Iturrarán-Viveros U, Luzón F, Campillo M, Margerin L,
García-Jerez A, Suárez M, Santoyo M A and Rodríguez-Castellanos A (2011). A Theory for
microtremor H/V Spectral ratio: Application for a layered medium, Geophysical JournalInternational 186, 221-225.
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RI.117 Sánchez-Sesma F J, Weaver R L, Kawase H, Matsushima S, Luzón, F and Campillo M,(2011). Energy Partitions among Elastic Waves for Dynamic Surface Loads in a Semi-Infinite Solid,
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 101, 1704-1709.
RI.118 Kawase H, Sánchez-Sesma F J and Matsushima S (2011). The optimal use of Horizontal-toVertical spectral ratios of earthquake motions for velocity structure inversions based on diffuse field
theory for plane waves, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 101, 2001-2014.
RI.119 Pech A, Sánchez-Sesma F J, Snieder R, Ignacio-Caballero F, Rodríguez-Castellanos A and
Ortiz-Alemán C (2012). Estimate of shear wave velocity, and its time-lapse change, from seismic
data recorded at the SMNH01 station of Kik-net using seismic interferometry, Soil Dynamics andEarthquake Engineering 39, 128-137.
RI.120 Sánchez-Sesma F J and Crouse C B, “Effects site geology on seismic ground motion: Early
History”, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, (2014) In Press.
RI.121 Sánchez-Sesma F J, Iturrarán-Viveros U and Kausel E (2013). Garvin´s Generalized Problem
Revisited, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 47, 4-15
RI.121-BIS Sánchez-Sesma F J, Iturrarán-Viveros U and Kausel E (2013). Corrigendum to Garvin´s
Generalized Problem Revisited, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 53, 281.

RI.122 Rosell J A, Olson M E, Aguirre-Hernández R and Sánchez-Sesma F J (2012). Ontogenetic
modulation of branch, size, shape, and biomechanics produces diversity across habitats in the
Bursera simaruba clade of tropical trees, Evolution & Development Vol 14 (2012) pp 437-449
RI.123 Corona-Romero P, Arciniega-Ceballos A and Sánchez-Sesma F J (2012). Simulation of LP
Seismic Signals Modeling the Fluid-Rock Dynamic Interaction, Journal of Vulcanology andGeothermal Research 211, 92-111. ISSN-0377-0273.
RI.124 Sánchez-Sesma F J, Rodríguez-Castellanos A, Pérez-Gavilán J J, Marengo-Mogollón H, andPérez-Rocha L E (2012). Some properties of the Green´s function of simplified elastodynamic
problems, Earthquake and Structures 3, 507-518.
RI.125 Perton M, Sánchez-Sesma F J, Spurling J H, Flores E, Navarrete M, Gómez R, MarengoMogollón H (2012). Numerical and ultrasonic experimental simultations of elastic wave
propagation around hollow cylinder, Journal of Computational Acoustics 20, DOI: 10.1142/
s0218396x12400085
RI.126 Tago J, Cruz-Atienza V M, Virieux J, Etienne V and Sánchez-Sesma F J (2012), A 3D hpadaptive discontinuous Galerkin Method for modeling earthquake dynamics, Journal ofGeophysical Research 117, B09312, doi:10.1029/2012JB0093.
RI.127 Matsushima S, Hirokawa T, De Martin F, Kawase H and Sánchez-Sesma F J (2014). The
effect of Lateral Heterogeneity on H/V Spectral Ratio of Microtremors Confirmed from
Observations and Synthetics, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 104, No. 1, pp. 381̽
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RI.128 Carcione J M, Sánchez-Sesma F J, Luzón F and Pérez Gavilán J J (2013), Theory andsimulation of time-fractional fluid diffusion in porous media, Journal of Physics A: Math Theor 46,
345501 (23pp), doi:10.1088/1751-8113/46/34/345501
RI.129 García-Jerez A, Luzón F, Sánchez-Sesma F J, Lunedei E, Albarello D, Santoyo M A and
Almendros J (2013). Diffuse elastic wavefield within a simple crustal model. Some consequences
for lñow and high frequencies, Journal of Geophysical Research 118, doi:10.1002/2013JB010107
RI.130 Salinas V, Luzón F, García-Jerez A, Sánchez-Sesma F J, Kawase H, Matsushima S, Suarez
M, Cuellar A and Campillo M. Using Diffuse Field Theory to Interpret the H/V Spectral Ratio from
Earthquake records in Cibeles Seismic Station, Mexico City, Bulletin of the Seismological Societyof America 104 (2014),pp995̽1001 doi: 10.1785/ 0120130202
Chapters in books (CL):
CL.1 Sánchez-Sesma F J, "On the seismic response of alluvial valleys" in Seismic Hazard in
Meditarranean Regions, J Bonnin, M Cara, A Cisternas and R Fantechi (Eds), Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Dordretch, Dutch, (1988).
CL.2 Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Strong Ground Motion and site effects” in Computer Analysis andDesign of Earthquake Resistant Structures, D E Beskos and S A Anagnostopoulos (Eds) Comp.
Mech. Publications, Southampton, pp 201-239 (1996).
CL.3 Luzón F, Sánchez-Sesma F J, Alguacil G, Morales J, Posadas A M, Romacho M D and García
J M, “Respuesta sísmica de estructuras superficiales topográficas”, Homenaje en honor al profesor
Fernando de Miguel Martínez”, Universidad de Granada, Instituto Andaluz de Geofísica yprevención de desastres Sísmicos, Granada, Spain, pp 357-383 (1996).
CL.4 Domínguez Rivas J, Singh Singh S K and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “El Macrosismo de Manzanillo
del 9 de Octubre de 1995. 1 Sismología”, Universidad de Colima, Gobierno del Estado de Colima,
Sociedad Mexicana de Ingeniería Sísmica, Colima, Mexico, pp 11-25, 1997.
CL.5 Sánchez-Sesma F J, Vai R, Dretta E and Palencia V J, “Fundamentals of elastic wave
propagation for site amplification studies: The seismic response of alluvial valleys” in Wave motion
in Earthquake Engineering, Kausel E and Manolis G (eds), Comp. Mech. Publications,Southampton, England, pp 1-36. 1999.
CL.6 Iturrarán-Víveros U and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Formulación de Galerkin para el estudio demedios inhomogéneos”, in Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas, Oñate E, Zárate
F, Ayala G, Botello S and Moreles M A (Eds), Barcelona (2002).
CL.7 Ramírez L, Janod F and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Funciones de Green 3D para un medio
heterogéneo” in Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas, Oñate E, Zárate F, Ayala
G, Botello S and Moreles M A (Eds), Barcelona (2002).
CL.8 Luzón F, Sánchez-Sesma F J and Pérez J A, “Seismic Response of 3D sedimentary basinsusing a boundary element method”, in Advances in Boundary Element Techniques, Gallego R and
Aliabadi M H (eds). Comp Mech Publications, Southampton, England, pp 391-396 (2003).
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CL.9 Iturrarán-Víveros U and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Scattering of SH waves in media with cracks
and elastic inclusions” in Wave Scattering in Complex Media: From Theory to Applications, Van
Tiggelen B A, Skipetrov S E (eds). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dutch, NATO Science Series, pp583-593 (2003).
CL.10 Bouchon M and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Boundary Integral Equations and Boundary Elements
Methods in Elastodynamics” en Advances in wave propagation in heterogenueos earth, Advances inGeophysicis 48, pp 157-189, R.-S. Wu, V. Maupin y R. Dmowska (eds). Elsevier-Academic Press,
Nueva York, Boston (2007).
CL.11 Pérez Gavilán J J, Flores E and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Wave propagation in a biphasic fluidsolid media with a pseudo-spectral FD scheme”, Chapter 31 in Numerical modeling of coupledphenomena in science & engineering. Practical use and examples. Multiphysics Modeling, Vol. 1,
M.C. Suárez Arriaga, J. Bundschuh and F.J Dominguez-Mota (eds), CRC Press, Taylor & Francis
Group, Boca Raton, Londres, Nueva York, Leiden (2009).
CL.12 Sánchez-Sesma, F J and Iturrarán-Viveros U, “Propagation of elastic waves: Fundamen-tals”
Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophsics, Harsh K. Gupta (ed),Springer Science, Business Media B.V.
(2011), pp 1006-1012.
CL.13 Iturrarán-Viveros U and Sánchez-Sesma F J, “Seismic wave propagation in Real Media:
Numerical Modeling Approaches”, Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophsics, Harsh K. Gupta(ed),Springer Science, Business Media B.V. (2011), pp 1200-1210.

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