Determining generic velocity and density models for crustal amplification calculations, with an update of the Boore and Joyner (1997) Generic Site Amplification for Graphic Site Amplification
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Abstract
This short note contains two contributions related to deriving depth‐dependent velocity and density models for use in computing generic crustal amplifications. The first contribution is a method for interpolating two velocity profiles to obtain a third profile with a time‐averaged velocity 
to depth Z that is equal to a specified value (e.g., for shear‐wave velocity VS, 
for Z=30 m, in which the subscript S has been added to indicate that the average is for shear‐wave velocities). The second contribution is a procedure for obtaining densities from VS. The first contribution is used to extend and revise the Boore and Joyner (1997) generic rock VS model, for which 
, to a model with the more common 
. This new model is then used with the densities from the second contribution to compute crustal amplifications for a generic site with 
.
Suggested Citation
Boore, D., 2016, Determining generic velocity and density models for crustal amplification calculations, with an update of the Boore and Joyner (1997) Generic Site Amplification for Graphic Site Amplification: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 106, no. 1, p. 316-320, https://doi.org/10.1785/0120150229.
ISSN: 1943-3573 (online)
ISSN: 0037-1106 (print)
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Determining generic velocity and density models for crustal amplification calculations, with an update of the Boore and Joyner (1997) Generic Site Amplification for Graphic Site Amplification |
| Series title | Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America |
| DOI | 10.1785/0120150229 |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication Date | December 29, 2015 |
| Year Published | 2016 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Seismological Society of America |
| Publisher location | Stanford, CA |
| Contributing office(s) | Earthquake Science Center |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 316 |
| Last page | 320 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |