NDLI: Estimation of site amplifications from shear-wave velocity profiles in Yeşilyurt and Avcılar, Istanbul, by frequency

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Author	Bozdağ, Ebru Kocaoğlu, Argun H.
Copyright Year	2005
Abstract	During the M$_{w}$ = 7.4 Izmit earthquake of 17 August 1999, the Yeşilyurt district of Istanbul underwent damage despite the epicentral distance of 90 km. At Avcılar (20 km west of Yeşilyurt), the ground motion was even stronger and has caused heavy damage and fatalities. We investigate whether the observed ground motions can be explained by theoretical site amplifications calculated from one-dimensional (1-D) shear-wave velocity models. For this purpose, microtremors recorded with sensor-arrays set up at two sites were analyzed to obtain phase velocity dispersion curves using both the conventional and the Capon frequency–wavenumber (f–k) methods. At the Yeşilyurt site, the conventional f–k method offered reliable phase velocity estimations whereas the Capon method showed scatter in the estimations. At the Avcılar site, on the other hand, the Capon method provided a higher resolution than the conventional method and hence, allowed estimation of wavelengths up to seven times the array size. At the Yeşilyurt site, the shallow shear-wave velocity profile that is correlated with the lithology obtained from boreholes yields a ground motion amplification factor of about 3 at the frequency of 1 Hz. At the Avcılar site, the phase velocity dispersion curve is comparable with the one previously obtained using the spatial autocorrelation method. The site amplification factors calculated from the 1-D shear-wave velocity model are around 2–3 at the frequencies of 0.4, 1.2 and 2.3 Hz, which are about 2–3 times smaller than the amplifications obtained from reference-site techniques using weak/strong motion records of earthquakes. We suggest that the discrepancy may be caused by a 2- or 3-D effect introduced by surface and/or bedrock topography not accounted for by the horizontally stratified model considered here.
Starting Page	87
Ending Page	98
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13834649
Journal	Journal of Seismology
Volume Number	9
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	1573157X
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2005-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	dispersion f–k method microtremors shear-wave velocity site amplification Structural Geology Geophysics/Geodesy Hydrogeology Geotechnical Engineering
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geochemistry and Petrology Geophysics

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