Integrated surface and borehole strong-motion, soil-response arrays in San Francisco, California: Empirical measurements of low-strain site coefficients at site class E and D soil sites
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Abstract
An integrated set of four borehole arrays and ten surface installations is installed in the city of San Francisco, California to measure the response of soft-soil deposits to strong earthquake ground motions. The borehole arrays extend through thick layers of soft water-saturated soils of Holocene age and older more consolidated soils of Pleistocene age into bedrock at depths up to 90 m. The surface installations are configured in pairs to provide simultaneous comparative surface measurements of soft soils and nearby rock. The rock locations also permit comparative measurements of rock as observed at the surface and in nearby boreholes. The arrays are designed to address a wide variety of scientific and engineering issues, and especially the issue of anelastic and nonlinear soil response at high strain levels as might be recorded during a large regional earthquake. Recordings of ground motions from the largest regional earthquakes which have occurred since the installation of the arrays show marked evidence of amplification as measured on the borehole and surface arrays. Implications of the results for low-strain site coefficients in present U.S. building codes are discussed.
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| Publication type | Conference Paper |
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| Publication Subtype | Conference Paper |
| Title | Integrated surface and borehole strong-motion, soil-response arrays in San Francisco, California: Empirical measurements of low-strain site coefficients at site class E and D soil sites |
| DOI | 10.1007/1-4020-3812-7_9 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Year Published | 2005 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Contributing office(s) | Earthquake Hazards Program |
| Description | 17 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Conference publication |
| Larger Work Title | Directions in strong motion instrumentation: Proceedings of the NATO SFP workshop on future directions in instrumentation for strong motion and engineering seismology, Kusadasi, Izmir, May 17-21, 2004 |
| First page | 139 |
| Last page | 155 |
| Conference Title | NATO SFP workshop on future directions in instrumentation for strong motion and engineering seismology |
| Conference Location | Kuşadası, Turkey; İzmir, Turkey |
| Conference Date | May 17-21, 2004 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Calfornia |
| City | San Francisco |
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