| Abstract: | Sediment properties are spatially variable at all scales, and this variability at smaller scales influences high frequency ground motions. We show that surface shear-wave velocity is highly correlated within San Francisco Bay Area sediments using shear-wave velocity measurements from 210 seismic cone penetration tests. We use this correlation to estimate the surface sediment velocity structure using geostatistics. We find that the variance of the estimated shear-wave velocity is reduced using ordinary kriging, and that including this velocity structure in 2D ground motion simulations of a moderate sized earthquake improves the accuracy of the synthetics. Copyright ASCE 2006. |
| Genre: | Conference Paper |
| ProdID: | 70028851 |
| Citation Author: | Thompson, E. M.; Baise, L. G.; Kayen, R. E. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | |
| Citation Datum: | |
| Citation Day: | |
| Citation Edition: | |
| Citation Editor: | |
| Citation End Page: | |
| Citation Issue: | |
| Citation Keywords: | |
| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | GeoCongress 2006: Geotechnical Engineering in the Information Technology Age |
| Citation LatN: | |
| Citation LatS: | |
| Citation LonE: | |
| Citation LonW: | |
| Citation Month: | |
| Citation No Pagination: | |
| Citation Number Of Pages: | |
| Citation Online Only Flag: | |
| Citation Phsyical Description: | |
| Citation Projection: | |
| Citation Public Comments: | |
| Citation Publisher: | |
| Citation Series: | |
| Citation Series Code: | |
| Citation Series Number: | |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Spatial correlation of shear-wave velocity within San Francisco Bay Sediments; 2006; Conference Paper; GeoCongress 2006: Geotechnical Engineering in the Information Technology Age; Thompson, E. M.; Baise, L. G.; Kayen, R. E. |
| Citation Start Page: | 134 |
| Citation Volume: | 2006 |
| Citation Year: | 2006 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Spatial correlation of shear-wave velocity within San Francisco Bay Sediments; 2006; Conference Paper; GeoCongress 2006: Geotechnical Engineering in the Information Technology Age; Thompson, E. M.; Baise, L. G.; Kayen, R. E. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40803(187)134 |
| Date Other: | Sun, 1 Jan 2006 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | |
