Comparison of measurement- and proxy-based Vs30 values in California
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Abstract
This study was prompted by the recent availability of a significant amount of openly accessible measured VS30 values and the desire to investigate the trend of using proxy-based models to predict VS30 in the absence of measurements. Comparisons between measured and model-based values were performed. The measured data included 503 VS30 values collected from various projects for 482 seismographic station sites in California. Six proxy-based models—employing geologic mapping, topographic slope, and terrain classification—were also considered. Included was a new terrain class model based on the Yong et al. (2012) approach but recalibrated with updated measured VS30 values. Using the measured VS30 data as the metric for performance, the predictive capabilities of the six models were determined to be statistically indistinguishable. This study also found three models that tend to underpredict VS30 at lower velocities (NEHRP Site Classes D–E) and overpredict at higher velocities (Site Classes B–C).
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Comparison of measurement- and proxy-based Vs30 values in California |
| Series title | Earthquake Spectra |
| DOI | 10.1193/013114EQS025M |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 2016 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Earthquake Engineering Research Institute |
| Contributing office(s) | Earthquake Science Center |
| Description | 22 p. |
| First page | 171 |
| Last page | 192 |
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