• Login
    View Item 
    •   NZSEE Document Repository
    • New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering
    • Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering
    • View Item
    •   NZSEE Document Repository
    • New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering
    • Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Site effects and SPAC. results for three sites in Wainuiomata

    Thumbnail
    Date
    2004-09-30
    Authors
    Chavez-Garcia, Francisco J.
    Rodriguez, Miguel
    Stephenson, William R.
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    We apply the SPAC method to investigate site response at three sites in the Wainuiomata valley. At each site, square arrays with a fifth station at the centre were used to record 35 minutes of ambient noise. Distance between the stations on the square and the central one were 10, 20, 40, and 80 m. The data were analyzed through the computation of cross-correlation among stations. The resulting functions were inverted for the phase velocity dispersion curve of Rayleigh waves at each site. The results are reliable in the frequency band 1.1 to 3.7 Hz. The dispersion curves were inverted for the shear wave velocity profile at each site. We observe only marginal differences between sites FWP and BHP, where large amplification is given by very soft soil relative to a significantly stiffer bedrock. The third site, MCP, shows a velocity gradient with depth, without a pronounced contrast in the depth range investigated. We computed transfer functions for vertical incidence of shear waves on the inverted profiles, and compared the results with horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratios of microtremor records. The differences between the two shed some light on the complementary nature of both types of measurement and suggest that any single measurement may lead to erroneous interpretations.
    URI
    https://doi.org/10.5459/bnzsee.37.3.101-110
    Published in
    • Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering

    Contact Us | Send Feedback
     

     

    Browse

    Entire RepositoryCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    Login

    Contact Us | Send Feedback